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2022-10-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

CENTCOM commander visits Navy nuclear submarine in Arabian Sea amid tensions with Pakistan and Iran

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Oh, yeah, stick your hand up. Hey, here I am.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-20 09:10|| 2022-10-20 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 ...FWIW, when I was there in 1995, we got a visit from CENTCOM, and I got detailed by our squadron commander to make sure the place was reasonably spic and span.

I did, however, point out that he was asking me to sort out an Air Force base with no aircraft in the middle of the Saudi desert so that we could be visited by a US Navy Admiral.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-20 09:25|| 2022-10-20 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah'm gonna assume this was more in line with a mission briefing than a MWR visit.

US NAVY SEALS USE SUBMARINES

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 10:23|| 2022-10-20 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Shetland is completely cut off from the mainland as phones, internet and computers are hit by blackout after subsea cable is cut - weeks after mystery underwater Nord Stream explosion

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 11:04|| 2022-10-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a message here. As in, the Navy just about never lets anyone know where a boomer is on patrol. I'm assuming the blue/gold changeover happen at Diego Garcia. Which means there's a sub tender there. Which means there's other subs ...

Posted by ed in texas 2022-10-20 12:15|| 2022-10-20 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Yup
Highly Unusual Disclosure Made Of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine’s Presence In Arabian Sea

It is extremely rare for the US military to reveal the whereabouts of nuclear ballistic missile submarines while they are on patrol.

Posted by Frank G 2022-10-20 12:29|| 2022-10-20 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 "...Hey, Vlad and Khomenei - the United States Navy says hi."

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-20 13:06|| 2022-10-20 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I mean, no one tells where their boomers go on patrol. In Feb 2009 HMS Vanguard hit an underwater object while on patrol. A year later, while discussing things with the French they mentioned it, and coincidentally, it turned out the Le Triomphant had hit something at the same time.
You guessed it! Fenderbender!

Posted by ed in texas 2022-10-20 13:07|| 2022-10-20 13:07|| Front Page Top

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