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One of America's Most Powerful Weapons Makes Rare Stop in Guam Amid Tensions with China and North Korea

2022-01-17T20:54:17.188Z


“It sends a message, which can be considered intentionally or unintentionally: we have the capacity to park 100 nuclear warheads on your doorstep and you won't even know it or be able to do much about it,” explains one analyst.


A nuclear-armed US submarine made a stopover off Guam in what has been interpreted by experts as a message amid rising tensions in the Western Pacific.

The

USS Nevada

is an Ohio-class atomic-powered submarine, and one of the most powerful weapons in the United States: its position is usually kept in the strictest secrecy (it can operate for months under water), and, according to the chain of CNN news, carries up to 20,000 Trident ballistic missiles and dozens of nuclear warheads. 

“This visit to Guam reflects the United States' commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, and complements the many exercises, operations, training and cooperative military activities that the Strategic Forces are conducting to ensure they are available and ready to operate in around the world at any time,” the Navy said in a statement released Saturday. 

This is the first known visit by the submarine since 2016 to the US territory of Guam, and the second announced since the 1980s. 

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According to analysts quoted by CNN, the visit was intentionally announced and photographed at a time of special tension with China over the status of Taiwan, which the Asian country considers part of its territory, and after several military tests in a matter of just a few days. by the North Korean dictatorship. 

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"It sends a message, which can be taken intentionally or unintentionally: We have the ability to park 100 nuclear warheads on your doorstep and you won't even know it or be able to do much about it," said Thomas Shugart, a former Navy submarine captain and now analyst at the Center for a New American Security.

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According to a study prepared in 2021 by experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, China's ballistic missile submarines are not at the same level as those of the US.

This is the first visit by a submarine of this category since 2016.US Navy

Analysts quoted by CNN do not rule out new military deployments of this type by the government led by Joe Biden due to increased tension in the region.

Source: telemundo

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