US Navy announces nuclear submarine passed through Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran

[skye]

An American nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran.


Dec. 21, 2020

US Navy announces nuclear submarine passed through Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran

The unusual transit in the Persian Gulf's shallow waters comes some two weeks before the anniversary of the American drone strike in January that killed a top Iranian military commander.

www.federaltimes.com

 

[Rambunctious]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

 

[skye]

Interesting.

"It’s the first time in eight years the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet has publicly announced that one of its guided-missile submarines has transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf – and the maneuver follows recent flights of nuclear-capable Air Force bombers to the region."

 

[Sunni Man]

Or maybe no US submarine passed thru the strait but it's just a psyop's deception to freak out our regional enemies. ...

 

[skye]

There we can see the photo
Dec. 21, 2020


The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, right, transits the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, not pictured, and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 48. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort)

 

[White 6]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

Nice reply. I am not a navy guy and doubt you are either, but I notice what looked like a hump behind the conning tower and looked up the USS Georgia, followed to the entry on Ohio Class submarines and saw a picture showing it to look like a small submarine, propeller clearly visible. If you have a huge bllistic missile submarine, why piggy back a small sub? Any Navy people out here?

 

[JGalt]

Those Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles have a finite storage life. It's probably advantageous to expend a few of them so we can rotate our stock.

 

[Rambunctious]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

Nice reply. I am not a navy guy and doubt you are either, but I notice what looked like a hump behind the conning tower and looked up the USS Georgia, followed to the entry on Ohio Class submarines and saw a picture showing it to look like a small submarine, propeller clearly visible. If you have a huge bllistic missile submarine, why piggy back a small sub? Any Navy people out here?

Why piggyback an escape and tactical operation sub?...let me give you some advise...do some real research don't just look at the pretty pictures....

 

[skye]

another angle of the nuclear submarine.... it's beautiful

 

[Moonglow]

An American nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran.


Dec. 21, 2020

US Navy announces nuclear submarine passed through Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran

The unusual transit in the Persian Gulf's shallow waters comes some two weeks before the anniversary of the American drone strike in January that killed a top Iranian military commander.

www.federaltimes.com

The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by eight missiles I believe two days ago..

 

[White 6]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

Nice reply. I am not a navy guy and doubt you are either, but I notice what looked like a hump behind the conning tower and looked up the USS Georgia, followed to the entry on Ohio Class submarines and saw a picture showing it to look like a small submarine, propeller clearly visible. If you have a huge bllistic missile submarine, why piggy back a small sub? Any Navy people out here?

Why piggyback an escape and tactical operation sub?...let me give you some advise...do some real research don't just look at the pretty pictures....

It was not mentioned on the Ohio Class and indeed not all have it as standard issue, as far as I can tell. Can see it would be handy to use to avoid lengthy swims of teams out of the 66 special operators, it would definitely not be that helpful as escape for the normal 144 man crew. Are you saying it became part of that particular Ohio Class after the retrofit and upgrades for the new mission assignment?

 

[skye]

The beautiful US nuclear submarine is over there....

We will see .... maybe people over there will get more enlightened..... hope so friends.

 

[Moonglow]

The beautiful US nuclear submarine is over there....

We will see .... maybe people over there will get more enlightened..... hope so friends.

Enlightened to what philosophy?

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

 

[Moonglow]

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

That would never happen but please lie some more we need a good laugh at someone.

 

[Moonglow]

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

You are mistaking Oblama for Reagan...

 

[watchingfromafar]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

I do not believe so. I think the President of The USA is hoping this will start a limited war. Trump envisions such an outcome will keep Trump in the White House.

God I pray I'm wrong !!!

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[TheGreatSatan]

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

That would never happen but please lie some more we need a good laugh at someone.

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

You are mistaking Oblama for Reagan...

This idiot Chinacrat tells this would never happen than quotes me again and tells me Reagan did it.

Obviously he has no clue what Im refering to. Totally ignorant.



Democrats...

Another branch of the CCP

or

The CCP's useful idiots

 

[WinterBorn]

Completely stealth...I'm sure the move was announced to show we can anytime we want....

Nice reply. I am not a navy guy and doubt you are either, but I notice what looked like a hump behind the conning tower and looked up the USS Georgia, followed to the entry on Ohio Class submarines and saw a picture showing it to look like a small submarine, propeller clearly visible. If you have a huge bllistic missile submarine, why piggy back a small sub? Any Navy people out here?

The USS Georgia was retrofitted to be an SSGN. They no longer carry the ballistic missiles. They now carry cruise missiles and the like. The smaller sub piggybacking on the USS Georgia is likely some sort of special forces stealth sub.

And speaking of stealth, FBM subs are known for being almost impossible to detect. Changing them over to cruise missiles gives the task force an edge against other ships and land targets.

 

[Moonglow]

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

That would never happen but please lie some more we need a good laugh at someone.

Thank god democrats arent in power or they would give the sub to Iran full of americans to take prisoner like the speed boats and drones Obama/chinacrats gave them

You are mistaking Oblama for Reagan...

This idiot Chinacrat tells this would never happen than quotes me again and tells me Reagan did it.

Obviously he has no clue what Im refering to. Totally ignorant.



Democrats...

Another branch of the CCP

or

The CCP's useful idiots

Reagan gave Iran, missiles, aircraft parts, money when it was illegal, Oblama gave back the money that was frozen assets of Iran when the hostages were taken........Now, go act stupid some more we need the laughs.