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Biden Administration Sends Unmistakable Warning to Iran: a Ohio-class SSGN Will Soon Arrival at Your Doorstep.

The guided missile nuclear-powered submarine can carry about 150 Tomahawk missiles, each packed with a 1,000 lb. warhead.

It's clear that U.S. patience is wearing thin as Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. troops in the region have continued.

The fact that the U.S. has announced a SSGN deployment is rare enough in itself.

Our aircraft carrier battle groups are also on the move, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group having entered the Red Sea over the weekend. It is now in position to undertake airstrikes against Iran and Iranianp-backed groups in the region.

Meanwhile, the USS Carl Vinson strike group has arrived in the Western Pacific, while the USS Ronald Reagan makes a port call in the Philippines.

The Royal Canadian Navy frigate, HMCS Ottawa, conducted a transit of the Taiwan Strait with the destroyer USS Rafael Peralta, with the predicable protests from China.
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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Yeah the US would be a complete pariah if it were to resort to nukes well assuming the world doesn't nuke the US in retaliation. Iran has nukes as well. Not a smart move by the US.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@hippyjoe1955

The Iranians don't have nuclear bombs.

Those reactors are for peaceful energy production when their oil runs out.

The Ayatollahs said so themselves, and surely they wouldn't lie, would they?
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Thinkerbell Yeah they do.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@hippyjoe1955

😳 😳 😳
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@hippyjoe1955
Yeah the US would be a complete pariah if it were to resort to nukes well assuming the world doesn't nuke the US in retaliation. Iran has nukes as well. Not a smart move by the US.

Who said anything about nukes?

The sub (nuclear-powered) used to be a boomer but now is a SSGN.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@beckyromero it is pretty much a sitting target. Kind of stupid for the Yanks to be there. The threat is nukes not presence.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@hippyjoe1955

And how many wars have been fought since WW2?

And how many nukes have been fired in war since then?

That's right, Hippy... not one. 🙄
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@hippyjoe1955

Iran couldn't find a goldfish in a bowl, let alone a boomer that is more quiet than the background noise in water around it.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Thinkerbell if you think anyone is intimidated by a big sub with conventional warheads you might be an American. Americans do love their hardware.
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@hippyjoe1955
Americans do love their hardware.

Damn right!
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@beckyromero too bad it's hardware is outdated