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2014-01-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian Warships Depart For Atlantic Ocean To Protect Ships, Tankers

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-01-26 13:35|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 S.S. Minnow?

Posted by Raj 2014-01-26 14:29|| 2014-01-26 14:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Since when does the Atlantic Ocean touch on the Gulf of Aden?

They going around the Cape of Good Hope or through the Med? They hooking of with the Argies off the Falklands?

Posted by AlanC 2014-01-26 14:53|| 2014-01-26 14:53|| Front Page Top

#3 wanna bet they have some stuff to offload at Syria?

Posted by Frank G 2014-01-26 14:58|| 2014-01-26 14:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Wanna bet they sink before Gibraltar under Mysterious Circumstances?

Posted by Charles 2014-01-26 17:50|| 2014-01-26 17:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Raj, damn you! Now it's in my head

three hour tour...
three hour tour...
three hour tour...

AAHHHH! Make it stop!!!!111!

Oh, I don't think they'll need any help sinking.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2014-01-26 18:18|| 2014-01-26 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 They might not the help, but we should do the friendly thing and send some to encourage it. Harpoons come to mind.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-01-26 18:55|| 2014-01-26 18:55|| Front Page Top

#7 RUSSIA > D *** NG IT-SKI, THE IRANIAN-SKIS CAN'T DO THAT-SKI, THERES NO ESCORT FLEET/OCEAN TUG-SKI!

Move along, people, clearly there is no OWG Caliphate, Bammerika Co-Superpower, "Mahanist" IRanians here.

Yuuuupp, clear as day, you betcha.

That sound you're hearing is PAK ISI sending in disguised Militants to attack Iran's border guards.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-01-26 18:57|| 2014-01-26 18:57|| Front Page Top

#8 wannabet they have some stuff to offload at Syria?

Ima thinkern Venezuela.

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-26 19:14|| 2014-01-26 19:14|| Front Page Top

#9 As the OWG Iranian Navy rises, so also does OWG China's Navy ... ...

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Malaysian Chronicle]CHINESE SHIPS PATROL AREAS CONTESTED [claimed] BY MALAYSIA | CHINESE SHIPS PATROL 80-KMS FROM S'WAK THAT IS ALSO CLAIMED BY MALAYSIA.

OWG Vietnam???

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > VITENAM WARNS ON SEA DISPUTES [read, CHINA + PLA] WITH ATTACK WEAPONS ARMED FOR KILO-SUBS.

OWG Germany???

* DAILY STAR.LB > GERMANY WANTS MORE MILITARY ENGAGEMENT ABROAD.

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* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > RUSSIAN NAVY CAN NO LONGER BUILD "BISON"-CLASS LCAC. BUDGET RESTRICTIONS FORCING EMPHASIS ON SELECTED WARSHIPS CLASSES.

and

* SAME > DAVID AXE BLOG: US NAVY TO DROP DOWN TO [operating] JUST TWO DEPLOYED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS STARTING IN 2015. FIFTY-PERCENT [50%] REDUCTION MOST LIKELY BUDGET-DRIVEN. USN to prioritize tech-oriented reorg of deployed or afloat CSGS/CVBGS to be fewer in number but larger in deployed size.

I'm interpreting the above to also mean that the US Navy's current or projected CVN carrier force may not only be reduced in number but will be kept mostly or wholly in homeport, or at least in anti-rust brief coastal patrols/cruises.

USN CVNS = EX-GRAND-FLEET-NOW-COAST-GUARD-ESQUE UK NAVY = USN BOOMER SUBS = BLUE-VS-GOLD-VS-?????? ROTATING CREWS???

Lest we fergit, the USDOD-Navy time back was mulling the development of UNMANNED/AUTOMATED WARSHIPS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-01-26 20:47|| 2014-01-26 20:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh my, it is capable of carrying helicopters ...

Posted by Beau 2014-01-26 20:50|| 2014-01-26 20:50|| Front Page Top

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