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| Iran test fires rockets near US warship, sparking concern |
| 2015-12-30 |
| [IsraelTimes] Military official says close call 'highly provocative' as missile shot from within 1,500 yards of carrier in Strait of Hormuz The Iranian navy test fired several rockets near three Western warships including the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier last week, a US military official said Tuesday. Though the rockets were not fired toward any ship, their proximity to the warships -- and several commercial vessels -- sparked concern. "We look at this firing so close to the ships as highly provocative," said the military official, who was not immediately authorized to be named. The official confirmed details of an NBC News report that said one rocket was fired from within about 1,500 yards of the USS Truman as it transited the Strait of Hormuz. A French frigate and the USS Bulkeley destroyer were also in the area. The area is considered one of the world's most important shipping lanes, and has been the source of tensions between Western powers and Iran in the past over threats from Tehran to close the strait. The incident took place on December 26, shortly after the Iranian navy had announced via radio it was about to conduct a live-fire exercise and warned ships to steer clear. The official said the unguided rockets were fired from an Iranian navy "fast inshore attack craft" that was in Omani waters. The Western vessels did not need to take evasive action, the official said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 New this sunny Guam AM = New Year's Eve ... * YAHOO NEWS > [Natinal Interest] UNTHINKABLE: WHAT IF AMERICA "WALKED AWAY" FROM ASIA. "Guam will capsize" = USN Pearl Harbor Battleship USS "OKLAHOMA", as will other key Pacific islands deemed of use to China + PLA, andor Nuclear Islam = Nuke Caliphate but espec CHINA, in Anti-China/Caliphate "A2/AD" indignation by the NOW DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" RETREATING SUPERPOWER OR CO-SUPERPOWER USA. THE STRUGGLE FOR GUAM-WESTPAC IS KEY. Again, CAN THE SUPERPOWER OR CO-SUPERPOWER USA STILL BE SUCH IFF IT UNILATERALLY GIVES UP 1/2 OF THE PACIFIC, + 1/2 OF THE ATLANTIC, ETC. TO OWG GEOPOL RIVALS + WANNABES, EITHER NATION-STATES OR NGOS. The third-parties local response to the above thus far has been a resounding "NO". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-30 21:50 |
| #5 Sounds as if an actual attack by an Iranian bottle rocket shooter would have aggravated the carriers 1st division most of all - a bunch of repainting would have likely negatively impacted beer-thirty for the Bosun gang. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2015-12-30 11:41 |
| #4 Aside from Iranian 'bluster', consider: 1) last I checked in American measure 1500 yds~1 mile. That's a fur piece. 2) event was announced 3) unguided 'rocket' 4) fast inshore attack craft~speed boat 5) Unless Harry's crew was asleep, the active defense systems were alerted by and responsive to the launch 6) Unless everybody else was asleep, Harry's counterfire defenses were monitored across the electromagnet and visual spectrum. All the players, even the passive ones, got a training opportunity. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-12-30 08:16 |
| #3 I fear you are right Joe. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-12-30 03:53 |
| #2 [NOKOR-VS-USS-GEORGE-WASHINGTON CVN here]. China/PLA ordered, NOKOR-fired. This is only the beginning. I have no doubts that Iran = China in SCS = eventually try or claim control of most or all of the Persian Gulf as an Iranian-n-Only-Iranian "lake". Anti-US US OWG Globalist POTUS Obama has all of 2016 to commit more FP "intentional mistakes"- WHAT HE DOESN'T FINISH OR COMPLETE BY THE TIME HE LEAVES THE WH COME JAN 2017, ANY SIMILAR ANTI-US US OWG GLOBALIST POTUS SUCCESSOR(S?) WILL DO. IRAN + CHINA + RUSSIA, OTHER? WILL GET THEIR ANTI-US "SPHERE(S) OF INFLUENCE". * E.G. FREEREPUBLIC > GLOBALIST BERNIE SANDERS VERSUS NATIONALIST DONALD TRUMP. Aka "AMERIKA-VS-AMERICA", as I like to put it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-30 01:56 |
| #1 Makes monitoring the test easier. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-12-30 00:39 |