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2012-01-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran scared away US carrier, and will "take action" if it dares to return

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Posted by gorb 2012-01-03 09:24|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 "I advise, recommend and warn them (the Americans) over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf..."

Is he talking about the Gulf of Rumsfeld?

Posted by SteveS 2012-01-03 10:06|| 2012-01-03 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Army chief Salehi saying something is one thing, but I'm waiting for the halal General Salami's views.

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2012-01-03 10:18|| 2012-01-03 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 How about the return of the Carrier Battle Group?

An much higher level of firepower.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-01-03 10:56|| 2012-01-03 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Clean up in aisle...oh, heck, any aisle.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2012-01-03 11:14|| 2012-01-03 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, now that's taken care of. Poor JUSTICE, beaten by a girl.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-03 11:20|| 2012-01-03 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Is Iran seriously threatening to commit an act of war against a US ship in international waters?
Hmmm, if we BELIEVED them, and wanted an excuse to engage in a war with Iran, could we convert the USS John F Kennedy (non-nuclear and worn-out) into the world's largest radio-controlled craft and see what happens?

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-03 12:00|| 2012-01-03 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 If we had a POTUS who was interested in maintaining US credibility, he would send that aircraft carrier right back in there and then publicly ask the general exactly what he intends to do about it. I don't look for such a thing to happen with Hussein Obama but I think I know what Teddy Roosevelt would do.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-03 12:52|| 2012-01-03 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 "but I think I know what Teddy Roosevelt would do"

Something about Marines in Tehran?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-01-03 13:54|| 2012-01-03 13:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, but no nation building. Let the survivors figure out what to do with the rubble.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-03 14:10|| 2012-01-03 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Still think we should take some of our grounded F-14's and paint them to look like Iranian jets and if possible set them up to fly by remote control and just cause some confusion and chaos. We could even use them as suicide bombers if they were remote controlled.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-01-03 14:51|| 2012-01-03 14:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Not believable, rjschwarz: the Iranian F-14's can't fly.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-03 14:54|| 2012-01-03 14:54|| Front Page Top

#12 An aircraft carrier really isn't the best ship for the Gulf. Instead, I'm thinking of sending a half dozen little Arleigh Burke class destroyers above and a number of cruise missile submarines below. With orders to blow the snot out of anyone who even thinks about interfering with them.

If the USN has a sense of humor, they could slap a motor on the USS Iowa (BB-61), as a target ship for the Iranians, and watch their surprise when they hit it with half their arsenal and it just toodled along without a care in the world.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-03 15:22|| 2012-01-03 15:22|| Front Page Top

#13 Alas, the F14 is an analog machine - no digital fly-by-wire controls to hack into remotely-controlled unmanned capability. FWIW ;-)

Posted by lotp 2012-01-03 16:17|| 2012-01-03 16:17|| Front Page Top

#14 Maybe we could find a few pilots willing to do the job. :-)

Posted by gorb 2012-01-03 16:28|| 2012-01-03 16:28|| Front Page Top

#15 The "enemy's carrier". Well, I for one, would like to send our battlestars right into the narrowest section of the straight, and park for a respite.

Don't come at me, bro.

This shiat should have been settled in '79. But voting has consequences.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2012-01-03 17:36|| 2012-01-03 17:36|| Front Page Top

#16 Iran scared away US carrier, and will "take action" if it dares to return
Are you kidding me? Iran scared us away? What kind of language is this? Having Obama at the helm gives them the courage to threaten these things. Man do we ever need to get him out of office and pronto.
I'm with Anonymoose; send destroyers and cruise missle subs how dare Iran threaten us, we should be on the ready most definitely.

Posted by Jan at work 2012-01-03 18:06|| 2012-01-03 18:06|| Front Page Top

#17 An aircraft carrier really isn't the best ship for the Gulf.

I don't see why not. We've operated three carrier groups in there simultaneously. There's additional air cover available from shore.

The moving the Stennis to the Gulf of Oman was probably an attempt at a detente. Too bad the Iranians chose to do some d*ck-waving instead.

Posted by Pappy 2012-01-03 18:22|| 2012-01-03 18:22|| Front Page Top

#18 D *** NG IT, THE I-I-IRANIANS CAN'T DO THAT - SINKING A US CVN IS NORTH KOREA'S JOB!

The Brits = NATO could prob use the JFK, or any CVN(s) the US chooses to scrap.

As for the Burkies ...

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > [US= USDOD] ZUMWALT-CLASS DESTROYERS MAY BE RECONSIDERED - DDG-1000:BACK TO THE FUTURE, but wid modifications in design to fire the BMD-capable SM-3 Missle Sys + other latest.

* SAME > US NAVY TO DEPLOY "SWITCHBLADE" UAV [SLV] FROM SUBMERGED SUBMARINES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-03 19:01|| 2012-01-03 19:01|| Front Page Top

#19 "Not believable, rjschwarz: the Iranian F-14's can't fly."

ROFL, Glenmore. :-D

Posted by Barbara 2012-01-03 19:05|| 2012-01-03 19:05|| Front Page Top

#20 If the USN has a sense of humor, they could slap a motor on the USS Iowa (BB-61), as a target ship for the Iranians, and watch their surprise when they hit it with half their arsenal and it just toodled along without a care in the world.

Yah, just like the Bismark shrugged off everything from those cloth covered biplanes.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-01-03 20:03|| 2012-01-03 20:03|| Front Page Top

#21 More ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FARS NEWS AGENCY: FOREIGN WARSHIPS WILL NEED IRAN'S PERMISSION TO PASS [enter] STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

FNA quoting Iran MP Nadir Qazipour.

* SAME > PENTAGON: US NOT SEEKING CONFRONTATION WID IRAN OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

* WAFF > PENTAGON PUSHES BACK ON IRANIAN WARNING TO US AIRCRAFT CARRIER | US TO IRAN: WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

* SAME > CBS NEWS: US: WARSHIPS WILL SAIL DESPITE IRAN THREATS.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2012] FOREIGN AFFAIRS: TIME TO ATTACK IRAN.

versus

* WAFF > IRAN HAS NO LONG-RANGE MISSLES [IRBMS or ICBMS]: RUSSIA.

Russ DM Spox Vadim Kaval.

ARTIC > DM SPOX KAVAL > TEHRAN = IRAN DOESN'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, + AREN'T LIKELY TO DEV OR ACQUIRE IT SOON.

Unfortunately for Vadim, Iran has OIL MONEY + repor lots of URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS, to entice both Foreign Specialists + Third-Party Govts-States.

In addition, as per LRBMS Iran has PAKISTAN + NORTH KOREA on one side, + indir rival TURKEY next door.

TURKEY = will repor dev a new 2500-KM ICBM, A TECH WHOSE DATUMS = MILSPECS WILL BE TOO ENTICING FOR IRAN + MILTERRS TO NOT TRY + GET ACCESS TO - LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-03 20:30|| 2012-01-03 20:30|| Front Page Top

#22 Actually there are no more US Tomcats; they all got cut up several years ago in response to illegal sales of their parts to Iran. too bad they didn't cut up the POS doing the selling. all the F-14 gate guards and museum pieces were rendered nonflyable as part of the deal to put them on display.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-01-03 23:40|| 2012-01-03 23:40|| Front Page Top

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