RE:US may deploy second carrier to IsraelThe Ford class aircraft carrier has more fighter aircraft onboard than the total number of F18s that are operational in the whole Canadian airforce. Iran has 34 F16s of which 66% are estimated to be operational. The rest of the fleet are Soviet era fighters dating back to 1979 which would be totally useless today. This means that the Ford by itself has 3X the number of decent operational Iranian fighter jets.
Do they need another aircraft carrier?
Nope. It is just virtue signalling to pretend that they are doing something when in reality they are doing nothing.