The US Navy has dispatched a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East which can launch nuclear missiles, Al Jazeera reports.

The report said the “unusual revelation regarding the location of the ship suggests a show of force intended to try to contain regional tensions amid the Israel-Hamas conflict”.

“On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility”, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The Central Command area includes the Middle East.

The post by the Department of Defence unit appeared to show an image of the submarine moving through the Suez Canal.

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