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2009-03-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tu3031 2009-03-25 11:45|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 only 50 meters?

Posted by 3dc 2009-03-25 14:59|| 2009-03-25 14:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes - it's shallow. Maybe they need to resume practice in the great lakes - Erie, Ontario and Michigan are similarly shallow and with narrow shipping channels, and, of course, very close to ports and service.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-03-25 15:36|| 2009-03-25 15:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Methinks CHIN NET/MIL FORUM NEWS described it better > TWO US WARSHIPS WITH 100 NUCLEAR WARHEADS COLLIDE IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-25 19:22|| 2009-03-25 19:22|| Front Page Top

#4 During the last Ice Age, the Persian Gulf was a long, wide valley, not a "gulf" at all. About a third to a half of the Med was also dry land. The ice stored in those glaciers sucked up 600 FEET (190 meters) of water from the oceans of the world.

The Persian Gulf is a terrible place to operate a nuke sub. Two of the most important tactics of escape or evasion - diving deep, evasive maneuvering - are lost. The activity of some 600 vessels a day also gives a sub skipper gray hairs, and for good reason. At least three of their number have seen their careers cratered there.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-25 20:21|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-25 20:21|| Front Page Top

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