An American nuclear submarine at the Pillars of Hercules: for the bulletin of the US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa, based in Naples, the visit of the USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) to Gibraltar was even planned, also because in the ports it is not always easy to find a place, so, at the last moment, for a nuclear submarine like theUss Rhode Island (Ohio class) 170 meters long with a tonnage of 18 thousand tons and 150 sailors as crew, without forgetting the 24 Trident intercontinental missiles with multiple atomic warheads. But there was no lack of amazement when the colossal vessel appeared the day before yesterday at the docks surrounded by tugs. Ukraine and its war din are far away, but in the meantime another stars and stripes flag is flying in Europe.
And then what a name: it is the third boat in the US fleet, baptized in this way to remember the 13th American state, but then the spaceship Uss Rhode Island (but with serial number NCC-72701) is also one of the most famous protagonists of the Star Trek saga .
Remaining in terrestrial waters, the Americans, by inflating their muscles with the submarine welcomed in the overseas territory of the United Kingdom and with the aircraft carrier George Bush in Croatia, want to strengthen the degree of deterrence towards Russia which is also noted in the Mediterranean with similar means such as the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk, however not equipped with atomic missiles, which recently ran around the Sicilian channel.
The USSR Rhode Island has been in service since 1993 and has also become very popular for civilian rescue operations such as the 2009 one in the Bahamas.
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