The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying more than 100 missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said on April 8.
“The [USS Florida] entered the region April 6 and began transiting the Suez Canal the following day,” Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins’s statement to media outlets reads. “Florida is a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine homeported in Kings Bay, Ga. It is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and is deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability.”
