US sends in submarine as Iran-backed attacks continue in Syria, Iraq

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November 6, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has dispatched an Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine to Middle Eastern waters, the latest addition in a significant buildup of American and allied military forces in the region as Washington seeks to prevent Iran and its proxies from piling on Israel's war in the Gaza Strip. On Sunday US Central Command released imagery of the ship, which a spokesperson for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet declined to identify. Open-source observers and Fox News suggested the vessel was the USS Florida, which is capable of carrying and delivering more than 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles and a...