US Sends Nuclear-Powered Submarines to China’s Backyard 28 January 2025

The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam on 12 January 2025. Image courtesy of LT James Caliva, USN via DVIDS.

The United States has recently sent two of its nuclear-powered submarines to the Western Pacific Ocean, where they visited an island that can project military power against China. The United States has recently sent two of its nuclear-powered submarines to the Western Pacific Ocean, where they visited an island that can project military power against China. This is America’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and has an operating area that covers the Western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

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