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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US operating five submarines in Persian Gulf
2013-03-07
The number of US submarines deployed to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman has reached five with the dispatch of the USS Springfield (SSN-761) to the region, Press TV reported.
And they would know this ... how?
The USS Columbia (SSN-771) is operating west of the Strait of Hormuz, which is a key oil transit route. The US has also stationed eight minesweeping ships in international waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

The United Kingdom has also deployed HMS Trenchant, a Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarine, to the Sea of Oman.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  As per VARIOUS, the USN Base at bahrain will be affected by the sequestration cuts - the Subs are a good thing as the USDOD has said the Japan-based USS GEORGE WASHINGTON [+ CVBG] are likely to be the ONE-N-ONLY US NUCLEAR CARRIER + BG the US may deply in any overseas or international crisis = crises, espec the longer the mandated sequester cuts go on.

As things stand at present, the USDOD will prefer the "GEORGE" stay near the China-Japan crisis in NE Asia.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-03-07 22:12  

#2  It's that sixth one with the Star of David logo that could prove problematic.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2013-03-07 08:12  

#1  OTOH BIGNEWSNETWORK > TOP US COMMANDER WARNS IRAN AGZ TESTING ITS RESOLVE IN GULF.

Methinks the good ADM. should be talking squarely to CHINA oer in NE Asia, but because China is Nuke-armed decides to defer to Iran instead???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-03-07 00:54  

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