Posted on 11/06/2023 11:32:00 AM PST by McGruff
United States military officials announced Sunday they had sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one-month mark — even releasing a rare photo of the powerful vessel.
“On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility,” US Central Command posted on X.
The post included a photo of the Ohio-class submarine apparently traversing the Suez Canal, just north of Cairo.
The submarine can carry 154 Tomahawk missiles, each of which can hold up to 1,000 pounds of explosives in their warheads, according to Stars and Stripes.
CENTCOM’s announcement Sunday night came just hours after Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani warned the Biden administration to call for a cease-fire.
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If you’ve ever seen one of these Boomers up close and personal-like, they are stupendous! Without a scale to compare the size, the pictures do not do them justice!...............
How’s this going to turn out? iran hates us and is so fanatical it is liable to do something really bad.
Is joe up to fighting a war against a muzz state? I don’t see him being able to fight so as TO WIN. I don’t think he knows what he is getting us into.
one world power's nuclear sub launches a missile in the general direction of another world power?
Yes, unfortunately.
“It would be very difficult indeed for an SSBN to traverse the Suez Canal without somebody taking pictures.”
Same for converted SSGN’s.
“Joe needs his war.”
Yes he does. Nothing like sending adversaries pictures of a possible target to gin up a war. And the boat has to surface to transverse the Suez Canal. Why not send it around The Cape of Good Hope, submerged as usual?
Other presidents did similar things in order to provoke a war, but not quite this blatant.
Lincoln did it. McKinley did it. Wilson tried it. Roosevelt tried it. Johnson did it.
Wait, is it “Naked” or is it “Nekkid?” There is a profound difference.
Just to give them a moment pause and then they'll go on and do what they were going to do anyway.
Bullseye!
Saber rattling by the gutless wonder himself
Absolutely, Insanely, STUPID.
Beware of false flag ops.
“Remember The Maine!”
Remember the Maddox?
SPEAK LOUDLY AND CARRY NO STICK😡😡
If the Navy sent 1, they probably sent 3 of them to the region from various locations.
Things are building up for a real blood bath between the US Military and Iran, with few proxies involved. Iran’s military needs to be taken down several notches. Bullies always need to be taught a lesson.
Shades of the Gulf of Tonkin BS!!
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