2020-12-21
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) – The Pentagon announced on Monday, that a US nuclear submarine will cross the Strait of Hormuz for the first time, accompanied by other warships.
A Pentagon official said that the passage of this submarine is a message to Tehran and a commitment from Washington to protect its allies, noting that the USS Georgia submarine is equipped with more than 150 Tomahawk missiles.
The crossing of this submarine comes just hours after the commander of US forces in the Middle East, General Frank McKenzie, said that his country is “ready to respond” if Iran attacks it on the first anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani.
“We are ready to defend ourselves and our friends and allies in the region, and we are ready to respond if necessary,” he told reporters.
This also comes a day after the Green Zone in Baghdad was targeted by five Katyusha rockets, with some of the projectiles landing near the US embassy in Iraq.
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