Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated April 7, 2023 shows The guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt via ABACAPRESS.COM

US Says Guided Missile Sub Has Arrived In Middle East

US Says Guided Missile Sub Has Arrived In Middle East

Handout photo dated July 3, 2013 shows he Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) departs Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA, USA. In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war. US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was entering its area of responsibility. The social media post did not name the sub, but the US Navy has four Ohio-class guided missile submarines, or SSGNs, which are former ballistic missile subs converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber via ABACAPRESS.COM

US Couple Accused Of Selling Nuclear Submarine Secrets

US Couple Accused Of Selling Nuclear Submarine Secrets

Handout file photo dated September 20, 2012 of two tug boats direct the Ohio-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727). A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West Virginia on Saturday, the Justice Department announced. They allegedly tried to sell nuclear submarine design data, hidden in a peanut butter sandwich, to someone they thought represented another country. In fact, it was an undercover FBI agent. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsea Mandello via ABACAPRESS.COM