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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
It is interesting. The US does have two joint airforce bases in Turkey, although from what I just read, they are seen more as bases for NATA operations since Turkey and the US relations were strained over Cyprus.
Would the US ignore the Montruex Convention this early in this situation? If so, what kind of international repercussions would there be? With satellite imagery now days, would the US even need to have Subs in the Black Sea at this early point? Does a treaty exist between the US and Russia about the use of surveylance satellites with each other?
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Not to sound crusty about things, but this depends on the Commander and Chief. I'm going on what past presidents would do which is you send in the subs first to start gathering proper intelligence. and also mapping strikes as required.
If you want to shake up the enemy and the American's did it all the time, you accidentally leak that you have a sub in the area. That freaks out surface commanders and makes them change how they operate.
I would bet that both sides have subs sniffing around and doing electronic sniffing.