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Trump revealed submarine locations to Philippines president
“We have a lot of firepower over there,” Trump said in the transcript, an official document of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
“We have two submarines — the best in the world — we have two nuclear submarines — not that we want to use them at all,” Trump continues. “I’ve never seen anything like they are but we don’t have to use this but he could be crazy so we will see what happens.”
The Defense Department historically does not reveal the locations of its submarines, since keeping the vessels’ movements secret is key to their missions.
The Navy does acknowledge that nuclear submarines are part of deploying strike groups — allowing the public a general idea of the deployment schedule and destination. To this end, the service announced April 25 the USS Michigan Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine was in Busan, South Korea, on a “routine visit” and on May 2 said the USS Cheyenne Los Angeles-class attack submarine arrived at a Navy base in Sasebo, Japan.
Pentagon officials are alarmed by Trump’s disclosure. Revealing that submarines are in the region is not the same as addressing how many there are and that they are near North Korea, as Trump did.
They are called submarines...sub=below and marine+water. They stay below the water so they can't be seen. It's like he needs some sort of penis metaphor to prove he's the biggliest bad guy. By announcing the presence of nuclear submarines he gives away the element of surprise — an irony given his repeated declarations during the campaign that the US announces far too many of its military plans when it comes to combating ISIS. Also China is developing their anti-sub capability. Knowing that two US submarines are in the region can allow them to test their own military capabilities. Just what we need.
“We have a lot of firepower over there,” Trump said in the transcript, an official document of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
“We have two submarines — the best in the world — we have two nuclear submarines — not that we want to use them at all,” Trump continues. “I’ve never seen anything like they are but we don’t have to use this but he could be crazy so we will see what happens.”
The Defense Department historically does not reveal the locations of its submarines, since keeping the vessels’ movements secret is key to their missions.
The Navy does acknowledge that nuclear submarines are part of deploying strike groups — allowing the public a general idea of the deployment schedule and destination. To this end, the service announced April 25 the USS Michigan Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine was in Busan, South Korea, on a “routine visit” and on May 2 said the USS Cheyenne Los Angeles-class attack submarine arrived at a Navy base in Sasebo, Japan.
Pentagon officials are alarmed by Trump’s disclosure. Revealing that submarines are in the region is not the same as addressing how many there are and that they are near North Korea, as Trump did.
They are called submarines...sub=below and marine+water. They stay below the water so they can't be seen. It's like he needs some sort of penis metaphor to prove he's the biggliest bad guy. By announcing the presence of nuclear submarines he gives away the element of surprise — an irony given his repeated declarations during the campaign that the US announces far too many of its military plans when it comes to combating ISIS. Also China is developing their anti-sub capability. Knowing that two US submarines are in the region can allow them to test their own military capabilities. Just what we need.
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