On the 24th, the United States sent a warning message to North Korea and China by publicly disclosing the location of a strategic nuclear-powered submarine loaded with 154 Tomahawk missiles. On that day, the US Indo-Pacific Command announced on its website that the Ohio-class USS Michigan (SSGN-727) stopped for a while near Okinawa, Japan on the 10th, along with a submarine (pictured) that surfaced on the surface.
The Intae Command explained that it was “part of the deployment of the 7th Fleet’s operational area” and that it was “to supplement the underwater warfare capabilities in the region.” The 7th Fleet is the main naval fleet under the U.S. Intaesa, which operates in the western Pacific including South Korea and Japan. It is unusual to announce that a nuclear submarine requiring covertness is located in a specific location within a vast operational area. The Ohio-class nuclear submarine is the world’s largest submarine with a height of 170.6 m, a width of 12.8 m and a displacement of 19,000 tons. Currently, 18 ships are in active service.
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