[judicial meanz]

"There has been intrusion of foreign submarines in the Gulf of Mexico."

I wonder what the specifics are on that? If I knew what type of submarine was there and the country that owned it, I could make a pretty good speculation of their purpose for being there.

If it is an SSBN, it is get strategic coverage of the middle of America that may not be reachable from land based sites. This leads me to believe it is China doing the incursion. Russia can hit everywhere they want to hit on our mainland with their missiles.

If it is a fast attack, they obviously want to survey sea lanes and gain intelligence they could use to choke off any shipping traffic that would start there in a war.

Either is significant

[jerseygirl]

Since Sean hasn't been posting over here lately, I'll slip on over to anomalies, copy his posts, and bring them back. I don't think he would mind- he has more important concerns.

[oceanview]

we might quietly destroy a chinese sub operating in the Gulf. we destroyed a few Soviet subs in "accidents" during the cold war, including the one that the Glomar Explorer was built to raise (and did).

[nw_arizona_granny]

Messages #1688 & 1683

Don't forget the Subs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Do a google search for:

submarines in the Gulf of Mexico

Feel that cold chill of fear.