US submarine armed with tomahawk missiles allegedly enters Mediterranean - report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) - A U.S. submarine armed with tomahawk cruise missiles allegedly entered the Mediterranean Sea this week, a Gibraltar publication reported on Friday.
According to the Gibraltar Chronicle, the U.S. Navy's Los Angeles-class submarine U.S.S. Newport News entered the port of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Gibraltar Chronicle said tge nuclear-powered fast attack submarine was spotted near the port on Thursday, with a Spanish customs boat being intercepted by a Gibraltar Defense Police vessel once it approached the US vessel.
The Gibraltar Chronicle cited the U.S. Department of Defense as saying that the submarine's arrival was a “scheduled logistical visit.”
The last time a U.S. submarine entered the Mediterranean, it attacked the Syrian government's positions in Damascus.
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