The Navy Has One Nuclear Spy Submarine So Secret We Know Almost Nothing About It
The USS Jimmy Carter is one of a kind.
Joseph Trevithick [2]
The unit makes no mention of intelligence gathering. But while the name implies a solely experimental function, the sailing branch routinely uses these types of monikers for special or elite groups. The near legendary terrorist-hunting SEAL Team Six is officially called the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. The service describes the spy ships [3] it runs together with the U.S. Air Force as “missile range instrumentation ships.†The squadron responsible for flying around the president and his staff is now simply called Marine Helicopter Squadron One, but still uses the acronym HMX-1—a nod to its “experimental†origins.
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