Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 08:57

The arrival in Gibraltar of the Ohio class ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska has raised some eyebrows, as the movements of such nuclear submarines, loaded with nuclear-armed Trident ballistic missiles with few, if any, port visits and even less fanfare.

The visit here was announced by a brief one-line statement via British Forces, who later supplied what the Americans had said about it, that it "strengthens cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom-Gib-raltar, and demonstrates U.S. capability, readiness, flexibility, and continuing commitment as part of NATO."