United States military officials announced Sunday that they have sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war enters a month — even releasing a rare photo of the powerful vessel.
“On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility,” US Central Command posted on X.
The post included a photo of an Ohio-class submarine apparently transiting the Suez Canal, just north of Cairo.
The submarine can carry 154 Tomahawk missiles, each of which can pack up to 1,000 pounds of explosives in their warheads, according to Stars and Stripes.
CENTCOM’s announcement Sunday night came just hours after Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani warned the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire.
“Our advice to America is to immediately stop the war in Gaza and implement a ceasefire, otherwise they will be hit hard,” Ashtiani warned, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
The United States Central Command made the rare move to announce it had deployed a guided missile submarine to the Middle East. US Central Command
He also accused the US of being “militarily involved” in the war in Israel.
The US Navy earlier announced that two carrier strike groups – Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower – launched aircraft and missile defenses during a three-day exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said on Friday.
Military leaders also previously announced the deployment of about 1,000 American troops and the involvement of an unspecified number of special operations commandos that “advise the Israeli military.”
Pentagon spokesman Brig. General Pat Ryder claimed last month that the buildup of US military assets in the Middle East was aimed at preventing a regional escalation of the war in Israel and protecting the US and its allies.
“Since the Hamas terrorist attack, we have been … clear that we do not want to see the situation in Israel expand into a wider regional conflict,” he said at a press conference on October 24.
The announcement of the submarine’s deployment came just hours after Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani accused the US of “military involvement” in the war in Israel. an unspecified special that “advises the Israeli military.”AP
“And as you’ve heard President Biden, Secretary [of Defense Lloyd] Austin and other senior US leaders said our message to any country or group thinking about trying to take advantage of this situation to expand the conflict is ‘Don’t.’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is touring the Middle East in a desperate bid to negotiate peace.
He met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for about an hour Sunday, after also meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in Baghdad and officials in Turkey.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with Middle East officials to negotiate peace.POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The Biden administration has also sent CIA Director William Burns, an expert on the Middle East, on a multi-country tour of the region to meet with Arab leaders to discuss intelligence agreements.
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