| The USS Essex is an amphibious assault ship and the HMS Westminster is a frigate. The Westminster could play no role in delivery of supplies as they have no storage capacity. The Essex has helicopters and could be used to airlift supplies to remote areas but it is a ship designed and armed specifically for amphibious assault.
The deployment of these two ships is a warning to the junta to let in the aid or be faced with much more than they bargained for. We shouldn't find it surprising the junta has suddenly had a change of heart and is now letting aid workers in. Me thinks the US and the UK are essentially telling the Chinese and the Russians to take their veto a shove it where the sun don't shine.
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