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Iran's Navy never left for U.S. coast
2014-04-06
In January, a senior admiral of the Iranian navy announced he was sending two warships "to the United States' maritime borders" in order to send "a message" to Washington.

Adm. Afshin Rezayee Haddad was bluffing. Tehran did indeed dispatch a task force of two rather aged warships—only one of them meaningfully armed.

But the Iranian navy's 29th Flotilla never went anywhere near the U.S. It barely even left Iran's territorial waters. And instead of sending a message to Washington, the flotilla merely skirmished with African pirates before quietly returning home. The 29th Flotilla's rather pathetic deployment continues a long, less-than-proud tradition of Iranian naval posturing.
Posted by:Pappy

#4  I guess they're still waiting for that squadron of fleet tugs to come out of the shipyard.
Posted by: Ricky bin Rciardo (Abu Babaloo)   2014-04-06 15:11  

#3  That's the thing about ocean-going ships: they're always on the way somewhere. Even if they're tied up at the dock.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-04-06 11:15  

#2  But what about the nuke in the Oiler? It wansn't true? I am losing faith in the interwebs.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-04-06 02:04  

#1  When asked for a comment, the Iranian DNO (Director of Naval Operations) said "Blue water ops are hard, let's go shopping." (Spoken in a barbiedoll/valleygirl voice)
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-04-06 01:31  

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