News Story: Nuclear sub USS Ohio deployed to Western Pacific

USS Ohio SSGN (Wiki Info - Image: Wiki Commons)

The nuclear submarine USS Ohio was deployed to the Western Pacific last month as tension between China and Japan was escalating over the disputed Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) islands, reports our sister newspaper Want Daily.

The Ohio, equipped with Trident and Tomahawk missiles, stopped at Subic Bay in the Philippines on Oct. 4 and arrived at Busan in South Korea on Oct. 24. A report from the Moscow-based Voice of Russia said that the submarine was obviously in the region due to the dispute over the islands in the East China Sea, which were nationalized by Japan on Sept. 11 to outrage from China.

The US Pacific Command said the Ohio had conducted a number of missions to demonstrate the latest capabilities of the submarine fleet near the waters of South Korea.

Read the full story at Want China Times