The Navy just sent a submarine force into the Western Pacific in a message to China
William Cole, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
May 18, 2020 2:11 PM EDT
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) transits Apra Harbor as part of regularly scheduled operations in the Indo-Pacific on May 5, 2020.
The Pacific Fleet Submarine Force took the unusual step this month of announcing that all of its forward-deployed subs were simultaneously conducting “contingency response operations†at sea in the Western Pacific — downplaying the notion that Navy forces have been hampered by COVID-19.
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