‘This is very rare’: The US Navy ‘surfaced’ an Ohio-class missile submarine as a warning to Russia and Iran
Story by Jack Buckby • 21h •
The Pentagon publicly revealed the location of an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) at Gibraltar on May 11 — only hours after President Donald Trump rejected Iran's latest ceasefire proposal and Russia's Ukraine war continued. The U.S. Sixth Fleet announced the SSBN's arrival in Gibraltar. The U.S. Navy did not identify the submarine by name. The U.S. Navy operates 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines as part of America's nuclear triad. Each Ohio-class SSBN carries Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles with ranges exceeding 4,000 miles.
The Ohio-Class Submarine Surfaces: Russia and Iran Surely Take Notice
The Pentagon has publicly revealed the location of one of America’s nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines in an unusually rare move that comes as tensions with Iran continue rising following the collapse of new ceasefire negotiations.
The U.S. Sixth Fleet announced on May 11 that an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine had arrived in Gibraltar the previous day, placing one of the U.S. military’s most secretive strategic assets at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea during an increasingly unstable period in the Middle East, and Russia's Ukraine war rages on.
The Navy did not identify the submarine by name, consistent with longstanding operational security procedures governing America’s nuclear deterrent fleet.
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, known as SSBNs, are designed to remain submerged for months at a time while carrying Trident II nuclear ballistic missiles capable of striking targets thousands of miles away.
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