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| US aircraft carriers not allowed to stop in areas designated by Iran | |
| 2012-04-19 | |
| The commander of the Iranian Armed Forces said on Wednesday that Iran has notified the two U.S. aircraft carriers deployed in the Persian Gulf that they are not allowed to stop in certain areas of the Persian Gulf designated by Iranian naval forces, MNA reported. "We had previously notified them that they must not stop in the areas of the Persian Gulf which are considered areas of threat for us, and they heeded the warning," Major General Ataollah Salehi said in an interview with the Persian service of the Fars News Agency published on Wednesday. He also said that the passage of U.S. aircraft carriers through the Persian Gulf is only a "publicity stunt" that has no military value. Salehi added, "They are soft targets for us."
According to the report, Commander Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said on the same day that the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 It would be awfully ironic on the centenary of the Titanic disaster to think that the U.S. carriers are unsinkable. We lost ten carriers over three years during WWII and the Iranians have much better technology now than anyone did then. They are quite sinkable. But to do it would require sustained and determined attack that would make it immensely clear who was responsible. And all of those folks understand that the U.S. response to such an attack would be extremely violent. |
| Posted by: rammer 2012-04-19 19:24 |
| #7 "Hey, you scratched my anchor!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-04-19 17:46 |
| #6 Why would a carrier want to come to a stop in the Persian Gulf? Why would it have to? What's next? They can't hoist sail unless Iran sez it's OK? And, since they haven't, obviously they must be in mortal fear of the invincible Iranian navy. WOOF... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-04-19 17:32 |
| #5 By soft targets I think he means his woody shrinks and crawls up inside when he thinks he might get orders to attack a carrier. The US should find a small gulf somewhere along the Iranian coast and name it the Persian Gulf, and refer to the existing gulf as the Arabian Gulf. That would certainly make some Persians angry. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-04-19 14:40 |
| #4 Main worry here is resupply to Afghan troops when Iran erupts, as Russia will likely screw up the Northern route by hook or crook and Pakiwakiland is impossible. Might just be easier to take out south of Iran and resupply the 'stan through an occupied Bandar-e-Abbas with its population removed for our troops safety. Is the port at Konarek good enough for resupply? f.e. Konarek to Iranshahr to Zahedat and then crossing somewhere near Zabol into 'stan? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-04-19 02:48 |
| #3 Sparky may well learn it takes more than brass clackers and a satchel charge to deal with a US carrier. |
| Posted by: badanov 2012-04-19 01:03 |
| #2 ION WAFF > [Iran] ISLAMIC REGIME TO HALT ON NUCLEAR PLANS? * RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN READY TO REVIEW [reconsider?]DECISION ON 20% ENRICHMENT IFF [national = energy] NEEDS MET, by the US-West. Also from SAME > IRAN APPOINTS COMMANDER FOR NUCLEAR, RADIOACTIVE EMERGENCIES. Nuclear Crisis Centre-Management, replete wid Hotline - sexy slinky Babe Phone Operator-Voices??? versus * WAFF > WHY ISRAEL MAY ATTACK IRAN BEFORE US ELECTIONS? * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN VERY CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING BOTH BRITAIN/UK + FRANCE AMONG WORLD'S NUCLEAR POWERS. And where goes Iran BFFS Nuclear-armed Pakistan + Nuke-wannabe North Korea, so goes Iran. * TOPIX > RUSSIA TO NOT [voluntarily] LEAVE SOUTH CAUCASUS. [AL "THE HELL YOU SAY" BUNDY-SKI here]. * SAME > RUSSIAN EXPERT: WEAPONS PURCHASED BY AZERBAIJAN FROM ISRAEL ARE NOT FOR AGZ IRAN, BUT FOR [fighting]NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-19 00:57 |
| #1 If they're such a soft target, why worry about them so? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-04-19 00:49 |