US deploys submarines to Middle East, unusual announcement “committed to defending Israel”

2024/8/12 12:27 PM GMT+9 (some excerpts)

The US Department of Defense announced on the 11th that Secretary of Defense Austin has ordered the dispatch of the nuclear submarine Georgia capable of carrying guided missiles to the Middle East. In response to the murder of executives of the Islamic organization Hamas and the pro-Iranian armed organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, there is a growing sense of caution against retaliatory attacks by Iran, etc.
According to US military posts on SNS (exchange site), Georgia had already been deployed to the Mediterranean in July, but it is unusual to publicly announce submarine deployments.