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Originally Posted by accord1999
You mean the elected head of state of a country that has been historically, one of the closest ally the US has in Asia. So close in fact that the two countries still have a mutual defense treaty and cooperation between their military forces.
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Oh, so Trump should share the launch codes with Duterte as well? Maybe you're not aware that Duterte has stated he is more than willing to terminate the 1998 Visiting Forces Agreement?
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But the knowledge that there are US submarines "over there" is not exactly secret information.
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Yes, it is. The location of submarines is one of the closest guarded secrets in the militaries of all nations who possess them. Given that each "boat" has its own acoustic signature it is extremely important to keep their locations secret so they can't be detected and tracked through passive sonar nets. You can imagine that if tensions are high it is very important to have your subs in locations where the opposition's hunter-killers are not around to remove that strike capability.
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Finding them is a completely different matter.
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Which is why you don't give away even general location details, where active sonar can be used to find them. There's a reason why the adage "loose lips sinks ships" came to be with the birth of submarine warfare. You don't want your enemy to know where your boats are, and vice versa. I'm sure that the Russians and Chinese were both happy to hear President Comacho share these details. Makes their job that much easier.