Ken Buck tweeted the following:
"On January 17, 1955, the U.S. became the worlds first nation to successfully commission a nuclear-powered submarine through the brilliance of Admiral Hyman Rickover. The Russians have suffered at least fourteen nuclear accidents. America: zero."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Ken Buck:
"In 1944, USN won the battle of Leyte Gulf, still the largest naval battle in history, fought over 100,000 square miles of ocean, after which Halsey announced to Nimitz, the Japanese Navy has been beaten, routed, and broken by the Third and Seventh Fleets."Read on Twitter
"After Pearl Harbor, and the fall of Singapore and the Philippines, USN showed that the undefeated Japanese could be turned back at the Battle of the Coral Sea, an engagement Nimitz described as a victory with decisive and far-reaching consequences for the Allied cause."Read on Twitter
"On May 1, 1898, the battle of Manila Bay, an American fleet annihilated its Spanish adversary, and the Navy taught the world that in the scramble for empire and resources, markets and power, battleship navies would be essential for security and status."Read on Twitter