US Nuclear Submarine Sparks Controversy Near Gibraltar and Morocco

The presence of this type of vessel in the Bay of Algeciras has been denounced by Antonio Muñoz, the spokesman for Verdemar, deploring the fact that the port of Gibraltar has "in recent years become an X port where all kinds of repairs to these submarines are carried out."

Muñoz recalled that Gibraltar is a Z-type port, to which "these dangerous devices can only access for supply operations." And to warn: "Any incident with a nuclear submarine would have a terrible impact in the strait, not only in the Campo de Gibraltar and the Rock, but in part of Andalusia and Morocco."

The Verdema spokesman also alerted to the difficulty of maneuvering these submarines in a "as narrow as that of Gibraltar" access port and reaffirmed Verdemar’s rejection of the presence of nuclear vessels in the area.