Satellite imagery indicates that the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS *Tripoli* (LHA-7) is being deployed to the Middle East and has currently entered the South China Sea.
Satellite images from March 10 show that the dry dock at the Shanghai Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Plant has been flooded, indicating that the Chinese Navy's Type 075 assault ship, the Hainan (LHD 31), is about to undergo maintenance.
Radar and satellite imagery from March 7 show USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) still at Naval Station Norfolk. If sent to the Middle East, it could depart within 1–2 weeks, though deployment remains unconfirmed.
Satellite imagery from March 7 indicates that a building at Al Udeid Air Base was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile. The adjacent satellite communications terminal is assessed to have been destroyed as well. The damage is clearly visible compared with imagery from February 27.
Satellite images from March 7 show that the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier remains operational in the northern Arabian Sea, approximately 324 kilometers from Iran. It appears that Iran's drone strikes were ineffective, and the carrier looks normal.
Satellite images from March 5 show that a fire broke out in the Fujairah oil industrial zone in the United Arab Emirates after the interception of an Iranian drone, with thick smoke rising from the site.
Satellite images from March 2nd show thick smoke billowing from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after a US airstrike, and ships at forward bases catching fire and emitting thick smoke after the same attack.
Satellite images from March 3rd have circulated online claiming that the Chinese Navy's Shandong aircraft carrier (CV-17) has deployed to the Middle East. This is absolutely false information. The Shandong aircraft carrier has been undergoing maintenance in Sanya.
Satellite images from February 27 show that the USS Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier is still operating east of Crete. Reports circulating online that it has arrived in Haifa are false; the carrier is currently operating southeast of Crete.