US announces entry of nuclear submarine in West Asia

The United States military on Monday announced that a guided missile has arrived in West Asia. The US Central Command took to its social media 'X', and stated that an Ohioclass submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility on November 5.

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According to CNN, the arrival of the missile seemed intended to display a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries like Iran and its proxies as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war. The post was accompanied by a picture which appears to show a guided missile submarine in the Suez Canal passing under the Al Salam Bridge northeast of Cairo.The submarine joins a number of other US Navy assets already in the area, including two carrier strike groups and an amphibious ready group, reported CNN.