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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump just blurts out the location of our submarines now?
Why, tell me, does ANYONE who cares about our national security still support him?
Why?!?!?!
He is so blatantly a traitor!!!
drray23
(7,587 posts)karadax
(284 posts)In April. Way before any phone calls from the President. It's public knowledge. I think there is a website that can tell you where navy ships are currently too.
Coventina
(26,874 posts)The Defense Department historically does not reveal the locations of its submarines, since keeping the vessels movements secret is key to their missions.
The Navy does acknowledge that nuclear submarines are part of deploying strike groups allowing the public a general idea of the deployment schedule and destination. To this end, the service announced April 25 the USS Michigan Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine was in Busan, South Korea, on a routine visit and on May 2 said the USS Cheyenne Los Angeles-class attack submarine arrived at a Navy base in Sasebo, Japan.
Buzzfeed News reported that Pentagon officials are alarmed by Trumps disclosure. Revealing that submarines are in the region is not the same as addressing how many there are and that they are near North Korea, as Trump did.
The comments are also odd due to the fact the Philippines is not a part of Pentagon efforts to deter North Korea.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/334969-trump-revealed-submarine-locations-to-philippines-president