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| Iran To Hold Military Drill Near Strategic Passage |
| 2014-12-19 |
| [Ynet] Iran's military will hold a massive drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf next week, state TV reported Thursday. The week-long exercise will be carried out over 2.2 million square kilometers (0.85 million square miles) including the eastern part of the passage, through which one fifth of the world oil supply passes. The drill will begin December 25 and include Iranian navy, air force, ground units and the elite Revolutionary Guard, with the troops test-firing new weapons. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 So let's say they do close they Strait of Hormuz (remember the US battle group, the USS Ponce with the laser weapon, etc). This adds how much to the price of a barrel of oil? (Bear in mind Iran's loading terminals would be mostly shut in as well.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-19 14:55 |
| #3 Iran tapping on the microphone in hopes of finding a bottom for the oil market? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2014-12-19 10:27 |
| #2 Launch the Borgwards! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-19 07:17 |
| #1 Too bad the ISIS thing is going on. Those exercises are the best time to really get a bead on the clowns. Most other times it's hard to figure out what the actually have. Much easier to count it all up while their moving them altogethe in an act that would vaguely threatening to us if we had a really crappy military armed with flintlock muskets. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2014-12-19 01:18 |