USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier Strike Group makes move amid threat from Iran

The USS Abraham Lincoln craft bearer has entered CENTCOM waters successful the Indian Ocean amid expanding threats from Iran, a elder U.S. authoritative told Fox News connected Monday.

Reports accidental Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has gone underground, suggesting the state whitethorn beryllium preparing for subject action. A starring U.S. drone adept told Fox connected Sunday that Iran's drone swarms would airs a credible and superior menace to the Lincoln and its onslaught group.

The apical U.S. authoritative said the Lincoln was not yet acceptable for immoderate imaginable aboriginal strikes against Iran.

Cameron Chell, CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, told Fox that Iran has created "an effectual asymmetric menace against highly blase subject systems" with its fleet of unmanned drones, pairing "low-cost warheads with inexpensive transportation platforms."

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The USS Abraham Lincoln sails successful the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman)

Chell said Iran tin motorboat ample numbers of comparatively unsophisticated drones straight astatine naval vessels, creating saturation attacks that could overwhelm accepted defenses.

"If hundreds are launched successful a abbreviated play of time, immoderate are astir definite to get through," Chell said.

"Modern defence systems were not primitively designed to antagonistic that benignant of saturation attack. For U.S. aboveground vessels operating adjacent Iran, warships are premier targets," helium added.

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Reports accidental Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has gone underground. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

U.S. officials accidental Washington is reinforcing its subject posture successful effect to increasing instability wrong Iran, boosting its beingness by air, onshore and sea, portion intimately monitoring developments successful Syria.

A squadron of F-15 combatant jets has deployed to the region, and C-17 craft carrying dense instrumentality person arrived.

Chell noted that U.S. and allied militaries are rapidly processing defenses but uncertainty implicit caller capabilities connected the USS Abraham Lincoln bearer groups for managing aggregate Iranian drones flying successful enactment remains.  He emphasized that Iran’s drone fleet is simply a concern.

Iranian drone swarms could airs a menace to U. (Getty Images )

"These drones springiness Iran a precise credible mode to endanger aboveground vessels," helium said. "U.S. assets successful the portion are large, slow-moving and easy identifiable connected radar, which makes them targetable."

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"Iran’s spot lies alternatively successful these low-cost, high-volume drone systems—particularly one-way onslaught drones designed to alert into a people and detonate," helium said.

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Emma Bussey contributed to this report.