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.

  • @ShroOmeric
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    These are guys that are supposed to bring peace, eh? Guess we’ll have peace only AFTER the genocide has ended.

    • @AA5B
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      I’d say the missile cruiser who was in the right place at the right time to intercept a swarm of missiles from Yemen was definitely a peace bringer. Keeping Iran or Hezbollah out of the mess is definitely a plus on the side of peace. Sometimes the the only thing you can do is keep the violence from spreading, from metastasizing, from burning out of control.

      This is clearly a message to all the neighbors that they would regret taking advantage

    • @[email protected]
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      -181 year ago

      Gaza had plenty of decades to be peaceful yet here we are. Radical Islam going to radical

      • @ShroOmeric
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        81 year ago

        And Israel had plenty of decades to stop apartheid and ethnic cleansing. But nazis going to be nazis.

          • @Siegfried
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            01 year ago

            So your argument is based on racism, thats what you are trying to tell us?

            • @5BC2E7
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              Basic historical facts are not racism. Educate your self before you start advocating for your feelings.

            • @[email protected]
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              Well Ukraine wasn’t launching missiles and terrorists at Russia before the war so yea that’s just called attacking.

              • @ShroOmeric
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                -21 year ago

                We’re a bit aggressive, aren’t we? 🤣 Is your day going fine? 🤣🤣