LOCKED & LOADED

Trump warning to Iran as threat of war looms

- BY CHRIS HUGHES

EA-18G that could be used in strike mission

AMERICA massively ramped up military pressure on Iran yesterday as more deadly naval forces steamed into the region.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D Black adds to a powerful armada of warships, including aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

As many as four destroyers are now poised off Iran as Tehran's military continues to send drones to spy on the fleet as the threat of war edges closer.

Six more EA-18G “Growler” radar-jamming war planes were also heading for the Middle East last night, along with four Pegasus air fuelling tankers from their US bases. The Growlers would be used in the event of an attack to block Iranian detection systems as Lincoln's F35C and Super Hornet warplanes blitz key sites.

It follows warnings from Donald Trump that Iran is running out of time and his forces are “locked and loaded and ready to go”.