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☆ US says Ohio-class submarine has arrived in Middle East, a message of deterrence amid Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Oren Liebermann | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war. US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was entering its area of responsibility. The military rarely announces the movements or operations of its fleet of ballistic and guided missile subs. In April, the Navy announced that the USS Florida, one of the two East Coast-based SSGNs, was operating in the Middle East. The announcement of a guided missile sub in the region comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been holding a series of meetings with US partners in the Middle East.

Persons: ”, Carl Schuster, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, Austin, Pat Ryder, ” CNN’s Haley Britzky, Will Mullery Organizations: CNN, Biden, US Central Command, US Navy, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, Navy, West Bank, Defense, ”, Pentagon Locations: Israel, Ohio, Suez, Cairo, “, Florida, Libya, Iran, USS Florida, USS Michigan, South Korea, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Cyprus, Gaza, Syria, Iranian, ” Brig

☆ America’s favorite Halloween candy is chocolate
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Christopher Hickey | Will Mullery | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Americans can’t get enough of Halloween candy. Halloween candy sales grew 14% between 2021 and 2022 and this year is on track to be the same. And in the world of chocolate, milk chocolate is king: more people bought milk chocolate last Halloween season than all other non-chocolate candy combined. But while per unit sales of chocolate candy have remained largely stable compared with five years ago, non-chocolate candy is the growth market. Americans bought roughly 7.8% more packages of non-chocolate candy last Halloween season compared to 2018, while package sales of chocolate shrank by 2.5%.

Persons: “ It’s, Beth Kimmerle, “, ”, ” Kimmerle, Susan Benjamin, it’s, Albanese, Kimmerle, Candy, Benjamin, don’t Organizations: Bear Cubs Locations: West Virginia

CNN —As fighting intensifies across Gaza and Israel, CNN is visualizing the war through maps, charts and more. As airstrikes in Gaza have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and overwhelm areas, including hospitals, there is little room to go. As thousands of rockets have rained down on Israel, the country has been relying once again on the Iron Dome system to protect its citizens. The US government has spent over $2.9 billion on the Iron Dome program since 2011, according to the Congressional Research Service. Here’s a snapshot of how planned US military aid to Israel compares with other countries.

Organizations: CNN, Congressional Research Service Locations: Gaza, Israel, East

CNN —As thousands of rockets have rained down on Israel, the country has been relying once again on the Iron Dome system to protect its citizens. The missile defense system is one of the most important tools in Israel’s arsenal and has saved countless civilian lives over various conflicts in the last decade, analysts say. The Israel Defense Forces said the system boasted a 95.6% success rate during a rocket salvo fired by Islamic Jihad in May. After tests in 2008 and 2009, the first Iron Dome batteries were deployed in 2011. The US government has spent over $1.5 billion on the Iron Dome program, and research related to it as well.

Persons: IHS Jane’s Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Islamic Jihad, Development, Dome, Raytheon, Center for Strategic, International Studies, IHS Locations: Israel, Gaza, Washington

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