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2012-06-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The Powerful Might of Iran's Mighty Powerful Navy

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Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 "If necessary, we will take action 30,000 km away to defend and safeguard our dear homeland's interests and resources as well as the honor and dignity of the sacred Islamic Republic ruling system"

This I gotta see. Why not make it 300,000km and visit your moon god while you're at it?

I am soooo going to enjoy the day when our navies go ~~head-to-kneecap~~ toe-to-toe.

Posted by gorb 2012-06-24 00:32|| 2012-06-24 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Surely RADM. Sayyari + his Sailor Boyz + Mullahs must know their Navy is not that proficient yet, unless there is more to those VLCC international oil tankers Iran sent sailing around the globe than meets the eye???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-24 01:34|| 2012-06-24 01:34|| Front Page Top

#3 JM, Very Large Trojan horses. Interesting thought.

Posted by Dale 2012-06-24 08:45|| 2012-06-24 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Careful, they're full of unicorn farts and will go off like an A-bomb. ;-)

Posted by gorb 2012-06-24 15:54|| 2012-06-24 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 You know, JM raises an extremely interesting point: should it come to war, what exactly ARE those Iranian oil tankers going to do - and what's in them? For example, even if there isn't a nuclear weapon in one, could you blow it up in a harbor to make a huge mess?

Posted by Secret Master 2012-06-24 18:07|| 2012-06-24 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems to me there are all kinds of interesting things you could do with a platform that big. Seems to me the Japanese had an underwater aircraft carrier (albeit tiny). I'm sure someone could figure out how to make some kind of FAE bomb out of it, but testing it might be a bit of a problem. Missiles. Sink it in a shallow/narrow part of a stragegic channel. Mines. Whatever.

Posted by gorb 2012-06-24 19:53|| 2012-06-24 19:53|| Front Page Top

#7 "The Spy Who Loved Me" Bond movie. Where an oil tanker swallows an American nuclear sub. Ice burg would be a little too conspicuous. All sorts of mischief.

Posted by Dale 2012-06-24 21:54|| 2012-06-24 21:54|| Front Page Top

#8 DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Iran RADM. Sayyari] IRAN NAVY TO PATROL BEYOND THE WATERS OF THE MEDITTERANEAN SEA.

and

* SAME > IRAN CAN LIMIT TANKER ACCESS [+ any Ship(s) wid Military-Commercial cargoes] TO STRAITS OF HORMUZ, KAYHAN SAYS - BUSINESS WEEK, espec iff-n-when the proposed EU Oil Embargo agz Iran occurs after 07/01st/2012.

US CVNS + Gator Boyz in the Sea of Oman + beyond, versus steady deterioration in US-PAK relations vee Salala incident + Drone Strikes.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-24 22:17|| 2012-06-24 22:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Iran in 2012 = 1990's, post-9-11 Rising China = desir to dev AYSMMETRIC = NON-TRADITIONAL TYPES OF COMBAT SYSTEMS OR ASSETS???

E.g. CHIN MILBLOGGERS = support for the PLAN to convert large, VLCC, or ULCC Merchant Ships, etc. into ARSENAL/FIRE SHIPS EQUIPPED WID VLS LRBMS [Surface -Launch] + OTHER MILSYS.

[WW2 "Q", "R", + "K" Ships here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-24 22:24|| 2012-06-24 22:24|| Front Page Top

#10 OOOPPPSSS, forgot DEFENCE/PK/FORUMS >SENIOR COMMANDER: IRAN CAN HIT ALL MOBILE TARGETS WID BALLISTIC MISSLES, wid accuracy-n-precision.

Yoohoo, USN CVNS + Amphibs = Gator Boyz, etc. in the Sea of Oman + beyond - I'm a'lookin at youse.

* SAME > US BUYS 361 NEW TOMAHAWKS, MOST [238 ea.] GO TO BAHRAIN [US Fifth Fleet base] | EYEBALLING IRAN? US COMMISSIONS 361 CRUISE MISSLES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-24 23:18|| 2012-06-24 23:18|| Front Page Top

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