US In Rare Move Advertises Location Of Nuclear-Capable Submarine Near Israel

The US military build-up off Israel's coast and especially Central Command's (CENTCOM) willingness to advertise it openly, is cause for serious alarm in terms of the prospect for yet more Washington intervention in yet another major Middle East war.

In a very rare statement, CENTCOM on Sunday evening announced that an Ohio-class submarine has arrived in the region. The US submarine, which is both nuclear-powered and capable of carrying nuclear warheads, has arrived in an "area of responsibility" which includes the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. It is unknown and undisclosed precisely what types of advanced weapons it is carrying.

It is the most sophisticated that exists in the US Navy arsenal. Key to the secretive nature of such an advanced sub's movements is the ability to traverse the seas undetected, without any rival or enemy powers having any idea where it is located, thus the Pentagon almost never puts out statements confirming where a nuclear sub is at any given time.