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In the last few hours it became known about the start of military exercises carried out in Cartagena by Colombia and the United States, in which a nuclear submarine belonging to the Navy of the North American country was present.

Its about USS Minnesotaa Virginia-class attack submarine, also known as the VA-class or 774, which is characterized by its nuclear powered fast attack.

This submarine has been in service since 2013 and is one of the most powerful machines that the United States has to carry out intercontinental attacks as part of its defense strategy, according to the presentation document of the Department of Defense of that country.

The unveiling ceremony for this ship in 2012 was attended by high-ranking officials from the United States Navy and Congress.

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“They were conceived as a less expensive alternative to the Seawolf-class attack submarines, designed during the Cold War era, and are replacing the older Los Angeles-class submarines, 29 of which have already been decommissioned. low,” explains the official US Navy website.

The USS Minnesota uses advanced technology to increase firepower, maneuverability and stealth. He is nicknamed ‘The King of the Seas’ due to his 115 meters in length, his displacement capacity of 7,800 thousand tons and he travels with a crew of 134 people.

This ship is also known for its pursuit capacity, as it can reach a surface speed of 25 knots and a submerged speed of 32 knots.

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This attack and defense machine has a powerful weaponry: 12 vertical launch tubes for BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, four 21-inch Mark 48 torpedo tubes, and also has the AGM-84 Harpoon, a long-range anti-ship missile.

Among its electronic features, two photonic masts, a navigation radar, a sonar analysis system, a towed sonar and a satellite transmission system stand out.

BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Monday, February 28, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). The interoperability exercise between the Colombian Navy and the United States Navy was held 70 nautical miles (130 kilometers) from Cartagena, in which a nuclear submarine participates for the first time: the USS Minnesota.

The two Navies strengthened their anti-submarine warfare procedures to increase their interoperability and strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation in pursuit of peace, security, defense of the Western Hemisphere and protection of common maritime interests, freedom of navigation and national sovereignty. .

For Defense Minister Diego Molano, this training and interoperability exercise that allows strengthening anti-submarine warfare procedures ratifies the mutual trust of Colombia and the United States in that alliance that exists in the development of different operations.

The head of the defense portfolio recalled that in the Caribbean Sea there are common interests such as efforts against drug trafficking, as is the case of Operation Orion, in which 40 countries participate and which allows the seizure of drugs.

“This exercise is carried out within the scope of NATO, in the case of Colombia as a global partner country, it seeks to adapt the best international standards in the development of maritime operations,” Minister Molano stressed.

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In an unprecedented event for the military history of Colombia, for the first time a nuclear submarine emerges in national waters to participate in a tactical defense exercise.

At 95 nautical miles, 176 kilometers, from Cartagena, the US and Colombia closed ranks to show the military power of an alliance, in which, according to the United States Senate, Colombia is its main military ally outside the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.

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the nuclear submarine Minnesotaspecialized in pursuit and attack

a nuclear submarine, which emerges for the first time in Colombian waters to be part of this binational defense exercise

For almost 7 hours, two Colombian frigates: ARC Almirante Padilla and ARC Independiente; as well as a national submarine, the ARC Pijao, formed and executed tactical movements alongside the mighty american warship Billing’s, and the USA Minnesota nuclear submarine, specialized in pursuit and attack.

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“We located two submarines towards the bow and two frigates, escorting an American Coastal Combat Ship type vessel. We had a nuclear submarine emerging in Colombian waters for the first time to be part of this binational defense exercise,” said Frigate Captain Héctor González, commander of the ARC Almirante Padilla Frigate.

In the global context of military tensions due to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which already claims several hundred deaths, the National Army and the United States Navy showed the power of an alliance that defends the waters of the Caribbean.

United States warship

United States warship in military practices in the waters of Cartagena.

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John Montaño/ THE TIME

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adverse weather conditions

We carry out a tactical maneuver with changes in the formation of ships, in a frog-jumping movement, with an approximation of 100 meters of distance between the ships

But this was also a maritime and air military tactical exercise: the boats were escorted by 2 CN235 house planes, and two helicopters: a Bell 412 and a Dauphin AS365.

In the midst of adverse wind and sea conditions, nearly 600 men and women from both nations attended this tactical military exercise that began at 8 a.m. yesterday, Sunday, with the arrival of the boats at the point of operations and ended at 4 in the afternoon.

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“We carried out a tactical maneuver with changes in the formation of the ships, in a frog-jumping movement, with an approximation of 100 meters of distance between the ships, then, once the ships were in line, we fired with 76 and 40-millimeter cannons. ”, added Frigate Captain Héctor González.

The night before, the ARC Almirante Padilla showed part of the power of his war artillery with the execution of cannon shots and bursts.

Warplane in military exercises over the waters of Cartagena

Warplane in military exercises over the waters of Cartagena

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John Montaño/ THE TIME

This military exercise, to which attended by the Minister of National Defense, Diego Molano, and part of the military leadership, had been postponed twice due to adverse weather conditions.

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John Montano
Correspondent of THE TIME
Cartagena
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A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who was actually an undercover FBI agent.

Jonathan Toebbe, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to a single count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data. The sentencing range agreed to by lawyers calls for a potential punishment between roughly 12 years and 17 years in prison.

Toebbe and his wife, Diana, were arrested in October after prosecutors said he abused his access to top-secret government information and repeatedly sold details about the design elements and performance characteristics of Virginia-class submarines.

Toebbe acknowledged during the plea hearing to conspiring to pass classified information to a foreign government in exchange for money with the intent to “injure the United States.”

“Yes, your honor,” Toebbe said when asked if he considered himself guilty.

The FBI has said the scheme began in April 2020, when Jonathan Toebbe sent a package of Navy documents to a foreign government and wrote that he was interested in selling to that country operations manuals, performance reports and other sensitive information. That package was obtained by the FBI in December 2020 through its legal attaché office in the unspecified foreign country. That set off a monthslong undercover operation in which an agent posing as a representative of a foreign country made contact with Toebbe and agreed to pay thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency for the information Toebbe was offering.

Diana Toebbe was accused of serving as a lookout at several prearranged “dead-drop” locations at which her husband deposited memory cards containing government secrets, concealing them in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich. She has pleaded not guilty and the case against her remains pending.

The country to which Jonathan Toebbe was looking to sell the information has not been identified in court documents and was not disclosed in court during the plea hearing Monday.

Toebbe, who as part of his job had a top-secret security clearance, agreed as part of the plea deal to help federal officials with locating all classified information in his possession, as well as the roughly $100,000 in cryptocurrency that was paid to him by the FBI.

FBI agents who searched the couple’s Annapolis, Maryland, home found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, valid children’s passports and a “go-bag” containing a USB flash drive and latex gloves.

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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Tuesday, February 8, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). This is how this semi-submersible that was transporting four tons of cocaine was cornered on the Nariño coast. The shipment that belonged to the “Alfonso Cano Western Bloc” of the Farc dissidents, was destined for Central America.

“We prevent the trafficking and consumption of more than 10 million doses globally, especially preventing it from reaching the hands of young people and preventing the generation of new consumers,” said Vice Admiral Francisco Hernando Cubides Granados, Commander of the Pacific Naval Force.

“The entry of about 150 million dollars to the Farc dissident group “Bloque Occidental Alfonso Cano”, which commits crimes under the command of alias “Allende”, added Vice Admiral Francisco Hernando Cubides Granados, Commander of the Force Pacific Navy.

Among the four detained crew members was a foreigner who already had an arrest warrant for extradition to the United States, on charges related to drug trafficking.

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