The USS Abraham Lincoln entered CENTCOM waters Monday amid escalating threats from Iran and the potential for a "credible" drone attack on the U.S.

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is now in the Middle East, having been redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment to the region in recent weeks as tensions with Iran increase, USNI News has learned.

Assets continue to pour into the Middle East, including high-end air defenses, but there still hasn't been a large migration of airpower.

President Donald Trump recently told reporters that a U.S. fleet was moving toward Iran, adding, “Maybe we won’t have to use it, we’ll see.”

This post has been updated with photos of USS Abraham Lincoln sailing through the Strait of Malacca. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) entered the Malacca Strait late Sunday local time en route to the Indian Ocean,

The United States Navy's Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group arrived in the United States Central Command area of responsibility on Monday, after being redirected from operations in the Indo-Pacific