Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
Has anybody heard wether one or more of the US strategic submarines are deployed? They would be of great help finding the black box etc.
I've been out of the Navy for a few years.
IF a ballistic missile submarine were deployed in the Indian Ocean, and
IF the US Navy were tasked by the DoD to move it to a position to do some underwater assistance,
the US Government would for sure not tell anyone.
Furthermore, as soon as anyone with acoustic sensing equipment arrived in the area, I'll suggest to you that any submarine of that sort in the area would be ordered to another location.
The whole point of that kind of submarines being on patrol is that Nobody Knows Where They Are outside of a very few folks. Their mission as a nuclear deterrent is serious business, and unlike the rest of naval forces, does not typically do
PR and Show the Flag stuff.
Plenty of other assets can be assigned to such assistance missions.