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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,318 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:11 PM Monday

Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal

The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace proposal from Iran.

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain’s south coast, on Sunday, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said on Monday.

“The port visit demonstrates U.S. capability, flexibility and continuing commitment to its NATO allies,” the Sixth Fleet said in a press release. “Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines are undetectable launch platforms for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, providing the U.S. with its most survivable leg of the nuclear triad.”

The Pentagon did not disclose the name of the submarine, one of the U.S. military’s most secretive weapons. In general, the locations of the U.S. nuclear-armed submarines are highly classified.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-reveals-location-nuclear-armed-171703119.html

Does he plan to nuke them now or is he just swinging his dick?

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Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
A port visit is not much of a secret but operational location certainly is. Norrrm Monday #1
We know where a lot of US ships are, but Sneederbunk Monday #2
WTF! Less "undetectable" when you advertise what port it is visiting!!!! Jack Valentino Tuesday #3
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities (New York Times Gift Article) LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #4

Norrrm

(5,552 posts)
1. A port visit is not much of a secret but operational location certainly is.
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:28 PM
Monday

One time, Trump told that there were two subs off the N Korea area.
He did not specify exactly where but that tells China and Russia how many to look for.

Jack Valentino

(5,244 posts)
3. WTF! Less "undetectable" when you advertise what port it is visiting!!!!
Tue May 12, 2026, 12:33 PM
Tuesday

Who is in charge of our military...?

Mickey Mouse, Laurel and Hardy, 'Otis' the drunk from The Andy Griffith show,
or The Three Stooges ???!!!!

(we should start a meme calling Pete Hegseth "OTIS"!!!)

or, a dementia-riddled felonious criminal traitorous pedophile with a micro-penis,
vainly attempting to appear that he is 'well-hung' ????

Probably ALL OF THE ABOVE, although 'possibly' the first four options
are trying to talk some sense to the fifth, what little they may have....


LetMyPeopleVote

(181,929 posts)
4. U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities (New York Times Gift Article)
Tue May 12, 2026, 08:36 PM
Tuesday

Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/iran-missiles-us-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.lLIv.YeCzsv8a1hFI&smid=tw-share

The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments from early this month that show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities.

Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway.

People with knowledge of the assessments said they show — to varying degrees, depending on the level of damage incurred at the different sites — that the Iranians can use mobile launchers that are inside the sites to move missiles to other locations. In some cases they can launch missiles directly from launchpads that are part of the facilities. Only three of the missile sites along the strait remain totally inaccessible, according to the assessments.

Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, according to the assessments. That stockpile encompasses both ballistic missiles, which can target other nations in the region, and a smaller supply of cruise missiles, which can be used against shorter-range targets on land or at sea.

Military intelligence agencies have also reported, based on information from multiple collection streams including satellite imagery and other surveillance technologies, that Iran has regained access to roughly 90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide, which are now assessed to be “partially or fully operational,” the people with knowledge of the assessments said.....

The findings underscore the dilemma Mr. Trump would face if the fragile month-old cease-fire in the conflict collapses and full-scale fighting resumes. The U.S. military has already depleted its stocks of many critical munitions, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, Patriot interceptor missiles, and Precision Strike and ATACMS ground-based missiles, and yet the intelligence suggests that Iran retains considerable military capability, including around the vital Strait of Hormuz......

But Iran’s apparent ability to retain substantial military capacity has exacerbated concerns among U.S. allies about the wisdom of the war and generated criticism among Mr. Trump’s anti-interventionist supporters who opposed getting into the conflict in the first place.

Iran has the military capacity to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and if necessary destroy all of the petroleum and other infrastructure of our Gulf allies.
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