• MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Why make a big deal about a nuclear submarine when a single US fighter jet could probably level most of Cubas infrastructure? This is just a weird PR statement of false outrage.

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      1 year ago

      Because the US doesn’t have the right to wave around wepons of mass destruction in other people’s territory, especially for no obvious reason

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        1 year ago

        The USS PASADENA (SSN-752) doesn’t carry weapons of mass destruction. It is a nuclear-powered submarine, not a nuclear-weapon carrying submarine.

        And the reason it went to Cuba is:

        A U.S. Defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to provide details of a military operation, said the Navy submarine made a scheduled logistics stop at Guantanamo Bay. It then continued south to participate in UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise.

        Agree with the reason or not, and agree with the base or not, it is a reason for being there and it’s not “waving around weapons of mass destruction in other people’s territory for no reason”.