With Three Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups Near or Heading Towards Iran, Trump Nominates a Submariner as CNO.

@sunsporter1649
That would be Lt. Jimmy Carter and the location is Chalk Water which is near Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

@SandWitch Canada has submarines?

@sunsporter1649
No, Canada has no submarines. That photo is a US nuclear submarine.

@sunsporter1649
@SandWitch
Actually, they do. Four of them.

And they're in the process of acquiring more and replace the old ones.

South Korea Pitches $18 Billion Submarine & Arms Deal to Canada Amid US Tensions

https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2025/05/21/south-korea-pitches-18-billion-submarine-arms-deal-to-canada-amid-us-tensions/

@sunsporter1649 us copies or us made I am assuming

@beckyromero
😄 lol! Yes, you are correct in the literal sense, Canada does in fact have 4 submarines! They are the Victoria-class submarine which were acquired from the Royal British Navy by the Canadian government in 1998. This is a model-class of submarine that I am intimately familiar with from when I served in the Royal Swedish Navy as a Marine Propulsion Design Engineer.

The propulsion system of the Victoria-class is diesel-electric which gives this class of submarine it's stealth-like strike capability due to it's silent running characteristic. This sub was designed as a high-speed, highly agile military asset while operating deep underneath the polar ice cap for long periods of time without the need for resurfacing.

What I was referring to when I responded to @sunsporter1649 in saying to him, "Canada has no submarines. That photo is a US nuclear submarine", I was highlighting through inference that Canada has no 'nuclear' submarines.

I left out the word 'nuclear' because I presumed that @sunsporter was referring to 'nuclear' submarines in his question to me, since it was he who provided a photo image of the US Navy's very first 'nuclear' powered submarine which then formed the basis of our short interaction with each other.

That photo is the Late President Jimmy Carter when he was a Lieutenant in the US Navy while aboard the US Navy's very first nuclear powered submarine in the early 1950's.

That photo is associated with the story of Lt. Jimmy Carter showing up in Ontario Canada to lend his expertise in operational matters concerning a land-based nuclear power generating plant which had unexpectedly shut itself down, which was uncharted territory for trouble-shooting anything that used nuclear power at the time in North America.

The very best, most modern ship builders in the world are found in South Korea where their expertise in nautical design and ship building is unsurpassed anywhere in the world. The reason why Canada (among other Nations) is courting South Korea as a supplier of nautical hardware rather than turning to US-based shipbuilders, is because the USA has recently proven itself to be unreliable as well as unpredictable as a military ally and Trading partner with Canada... and for the rest of the world as well for that matter. That is why the US government will not likely be getting a contract to be the supplier of Canada's expanding submarine fleet.

Hope this explanation clears up any confusion you felt from the short interaction @sunsporter1649 had started with me! 🙂

@SandWitch
Never assume ANYTHING with [@sunsporter]. He graduated with a Masters Degree in Deflection, Distraction & Spin from Trump University. 😉