The US is sending a ton of firepower to take on Iran - here's everything headed their way

Carrier Air Wing 7 consists of F/A-18 Super Hornets, EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft, and a number of rotary aircraft from multiple squadrons capable of carrying out a variety of operational tasks.

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers are multi-role warships that run heavily armed with 122 vertical launch system cells capable of carrying everything from Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles to surface-to-air missiles to anti-submarine warfare rockets.

Like the larger cruisers, destroyers are also multi-mission vessels. Armed with 90 - 96 VLS cells, these ships have air-and-missile defense capabilities, as well as land-attack abilities.

Early in the Trump presidency, two US Navy destroyers devastated Shayrat Airbase with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles to punish the Syrian regime in the aftermath of a chemical-weapons attack.

The B-52 is a subsonic high-altitude bomber capable of carrying nuclear and conventional payloads. These hard-hitting aircraft can carry up to 70,000 pounds of varied ordinance and can be deployed to carry out various missions, including strategic attack, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime operations.