Defence analyst Michael Clarke said he believed the nuclear-powered sub would be loaded with long-range missiles, to show opponents the US is ready
A guided-missile submarine USS Florida transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, en route to the Middle East, in April In a rare announcement on Sunday, the US Central Command said on X, formerly Twitter, that a nuclear-powered, Ohio-class submarine arrived in its “area of responsibility”. The Central Command area includes the Middle East.
The US Central Command did not provide details on the name of the sub and whether it was carrying cruise missiles or nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, but defence analyst Michael Clarke said he believed it would be a SSGN loaded with Tomahawk missiles, to show opponents “they’re ready”. “As the Gaza situation gets ever more outrageous and brutal, people may begin to react more spontaneously, and the Iranians may not be in control of the IRGC forces spread all over the Middle East, a lot of people are moving into southern Lebanon spoiling for a fight.
Mr Blinken received a cold reception at his last stop, where he met his Turkish counterpart, foreign minister Hakan Fidan, after being snubbed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Tamer Qarmoot, professor in public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said Mr Blinken’s main mission was to buy Israel more time.
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