A U.S. Navy submarine has pulled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the U.S. base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after a Russian frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue tug crossed into Havana Bay after drills in the Atlantic Ocean.

The stop is part of a “routine port visit” as the submarine travels through Southern Command’s region, it said in a social media post.

Other U.S. ships also have been tracking and monitoring the Russian drills, which Pentagon officials say do not represent a threat to the United States.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    504·
    5 months ago

    The stop is part of a “routine port visit” as the submarine travels through Southern Command’s region, it said in a social media post.

    “But please don’t let that stop you from being terrified,” says the news media.

    • Forester@yiffit.netEnglish
      1329·
      5 months ago

      Terrified of what your ignorance? Russia has been sending nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines off of the eastern and western seaboard for over 60 years. This is hardly anything new. Also, the cool thing about missiles that are intercontinental is that you can fire them for more than a continent away…

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        37·
        5 months ago

        This is hardly anything new.

        Yes, that was my point. I’m not sure why you thought my point was exactly the opposite.

        • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          5 months ago

          I think it’s pretty funny actually. This version of Helena is on her last cruise before being decommissioned. Shit is so not new we’re surfacing a boat built in 1987 to fly the flag and remind them they can go from sailor to swimmers at any second while near our coast, and if an LA class is around there’s probably a newer shark nearby.