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2006-08-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2006-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Too damn bad we don't have any 16" battleships left on duty. Perfect for them. Nothing like a sustained barage from the big guns to clear the sinuses.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-10 01:46|| 2006-08-10 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 they should shell the hellhole at least twice a week, on general principle

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-10 08:20|| 2006-08-10 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 On 8 February 1984, New Jersey fired almost 300 shells at Druze and Syrian positions in the Bekaa valley east of Beirut. Some 30 of these massive projectiles rained down on a Syrian command post, killing the general commanding Syrian forces in Lebanon and several other senior officers. This was the heaviest shore bombardment since the Korean War.

FIRE FOR EFFECT!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-10 10:28|| 2006-08-10 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Unfortunately, even if we reactivated the remaining BBs we have (two, I believe), it would take them two to three years to be ready for service. The CVN/CVA boys need to understand that everything can't be done by aircraft, and there's a role for heavy firepower in the US Navy. I wish we had five or six of these monsters ready to rain havoc on anyone that deserved it. Replace some of the 5" guns on the sides with MLRS launchers, add a PAC-3 launch array and the AEGIS radar, Sea Sparrow, CIWS, and a helicopter deck and you'd have something that would strike fear into the hearts of ANY enemy.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-08-10 14:47|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-10 14:47|| Front Page Top

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