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| Iran Planning To Send Fleet To Mediterranean Off Israel | |
| 2011-01-24 | |
| (via Debka) Iran announced plans Sunday, Jan. 23, to send a fleet of warships, including a home-made destroyer, on operational and intelligence-gathering missions to the Red Sea and on to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. Parts of the fleet will in fact be deployed in the three waters around Israel's southern and western shores. It is also a rapid response to the arrival of the USS Enterprise carrier with a strike group carrying 6,000 sailors and marines and 80 warplanes in the Mediterranean at the end of last week on its way to the Arabian Sea opposite Iran. The Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari spoke of three or four vessels including Iran's first home-made destroyer, Jamaran, with back-up operational units standing by for urgent support missions. His deputy, Rear-Admiral Gholam Reza Bi-Gham said the deployment would last about a year and at some future time, long-distance submarines would join the fleet. Since Nov. 2008, the Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols between the Gulf of Aden Straits of Bab al-Mandeb off Yemen so some of its units are not far away. Both admirals reported that a flotilla of Iranian naval officer cadets would soon be dispatched to the Mediterranean and Red Seas to gain experience in these new areas and gather intelligence. Iran recently purchased three Kilo class submarines from Russia and is using them in the Persian Gulf.
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| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #14 The 'home-made destroyer' is essentially a reverse-engineered copy of a Vosper design. Not sure about the full armament, but it supposedly carries Chinese-built or licensed anti-ship missiles. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-01-24 22:23 |
| #13 Then there is always the underwater magnetic-kinetic leak acceleration device...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-01-24 22:17 |
| #12 "Iran Planning To Send Fleet To Mediterranean Off Israel" What, both rowboats at the same time? Yeah, that'll have the Juice quaking in their sandals. Yessir, yewbetcha. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-24 22:06 |
| #11 Anonymoose, with the world as anti-Israel as it is, including our own beloved president and many of his party members in Congress, it needs to be a concatenation of unfortunate events. Stuxnet for ships, bits of drifting nets, Silkworm missiles accidentally shot off by Hizb'allah, inshallah maintenance leading to key bits falling off, electrical storms on the sun interrupting satellite communications, phone alarms going off every 37 minutes round the clock... Then send the unseaworthy things back to Turkey. Letting them dock in Israel only encourages them. /Isn't brainstorming fun! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-24 20:29 |
| #10 the danger for Israel here is that, as per the NET = ANTI-US IRAN + CHINA BLOGGERS HAVE OPINED THAT IRAN SHOULD NOT ONLY DEPLOY LR SLCMS/NLCMS ABOARD IRANIAN NAVAL WARSHIPS + SUBS TO DETER ISRAEL, BUT ALSO DEV + DEPLOY "ARSENAL SHIPS" CAPABLE OF LAND ATTACK, + in response to Israel's plan to deploy Missle-armed SSK Submarines. Methinks this decision by Iran is only the beginning = inklings of a more ulterior plan. Also, iff Iran is able to dominate LEBANON [Syria?] via HEZBOLLAH, then among other Iran will be able to acquire external Milbase Rights for its Armed Forces + IRGC. Read, LEB-BASED IRANIAN MISSLE, ATTACK SUBS off ISRAEL while ISRAEL is NOT able to do same to Iran becuz of sensitive RED SEA GEOPOLS WID EGYPT + SOMALIA??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-24 19:42 |
| #9 My bet is that it never happens. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-24 18:38 |
| #8 tw: For a flotilla, I wonder if it would be possible for the Israelis to erect some kind of floating anti-ship barrier of the old school. Otherwise, if they had the schematics of those ships, they could fire a few HVAP .50 cal rounds into their engines. And, if push came to shove, declare the area a military live fire training area. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-24 18:30 |
| #7 I didn't know outboards would go that far. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2011-01-24 16:45 |
| #6 They wouldn't dare do anything stupid with a carrier there. Then again, we have the Fiddler in Chief running the show . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-24 15:51 |
| #5 The next Gaza flotilla is supposed to set sail in May, according to the Jerusalem Post. There are to be ships from a dozen different countries, including the U.S. and Canada (I believe several Friends of Obama are involved in the planning of the American contingent). I vote for fishing nets twisted around screws and rudders for a start... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-24 15:34 |
| #4 watch them try to escort another Paleo Flotilla to Gaza by force. Hilarity ensues |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-24 11:56 |
| #3 Easier target acquisition there |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-01-24 11:03 |
| #2 ...The last time Big E and the Iranians met, it was a decidedly bad day for the Maritime Mullahs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis But if they insist on a rematch... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-01-24 10:57 |
| #1 :...including a home-made destroyer" As far as anyone knows, Iran has Destroyers of 1970s vintage that have been kept in port for many years. Their seaworthiness is unknown but suspect. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-01-24 10:19 |