In rare announcement, US says guided missile sub has arrived in Middle East, a message of deterrence to adversaries | CNN Politics
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In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war.

In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war.

US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was entering its area of responsibility. A picture posted with the announcement appeared to show the sub in the Suez Canal northeast of Cairo.

The social media post did not name the sub, but the US Navy has four Ohio-class guided missile submarines, or SSGNs, which are former ballistic missile subs converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.

  • Bone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    1 year ago

    This one might be a little harder to manage, being it a sub rather than a ship, not a research ship, and shoots back. Would think it’d be harder to make excuses such as those back in the 60s today. Israel was pretty young then, too.