Another U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine Makes A Public Appearance

The USS Rhode Island in Gibraltar on November 1, 2022. DM Parody 2022 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidparody/) 

Warzone/The Drive: Second U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine Makes Unusual Appearance In Just Two Weeks  

USS Rhode Island’s public port call in Gibraltar follows the even more unusual Navy disclosure about the USS West Virginia in the Arabia Sea.  

The U.S. Navy's Ohio class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island has made a very uncommon public port visit to the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The public announcement about this stopover is also unusual and even more so coming nearly two weeks after the U.S. Central Command made the extremely curious decision to disclose that another one of these submarines, the USS West Virginia, was operating in the Arabian Sea. As in that case, it's difficult not to view Rhode Island's ostensibly scheduled stop in Gibraltar as messaging aimed at potential adversaries, such as Russia, as well as allies and partners.  

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WNU Editor: Another Ohio class ballistic submarine showing up. The U.S. is making the world aware that America's nuclear forces are present everywhere.