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2011-09-15 The Grand Turk
Debka: Turkish frigates to confront Israeli vessels, disable their weapons
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Posted by Theamble Glaish5908 2011-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 EMI capabality through Iran?
Posted by lotp 2011-09-15 07:37||   2011-09-15 07:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Two can play at that game, right? Israel has subs, I recall...
Posted by Spot 2011-09-15 07:52||   2011-09-15 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 At this point, Israel would be doing the Turkish navy a major favor by using covert ops to create a "systemic" and very difficult to diagnose mechanical problem in their ships. I would suggest a fuel contaminant.

Turkey currently has 17 frigates (technically destroyers). 8 are former US Oliver Hazard Perry class. 4 are Yavuz class, German design. their 2 most modern are Barbados class, German design.
Posted by Anonymoose 2011-09-15 10:37||   2011-09-15 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Erdogen obviously has no clue about naval warfare. This "close to 100m" b.s. is laughable. Does he think that after the Turkish ships "disable" the Israeli weapons that they will send a boarding party aboard with cutlasses?
Posted by Anonymoose 2011-09-15 10:40||   2011-09-15 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 To capture the crew and force them to work as galley slaves for the Sultan no doubt.
Posted by rjschwarz 2011-09-15 14:45||   2011-09-15 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "they will advance up to 100 meters from the ship and disable its weapon system"

You clowns will be lucky to get within 100 miles, let alone 100 meters, dipshit.
Posted by Barbara 2011-09-15 16:05||   2011-09-15 16:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't Turkey purge the old crew from it's military?

Bad strategy for a run up to war.
Posted by flash91 2011-09-15 16:09||   2011-09-15 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Time for maritime smackdown.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-15 16:42||   2011-09-15 16:42|| Front Page Top

#9 E is in the same position as Stalin was before WWII: he has purged most of the competent officers from the Turkish military, and is relying on bluff to win his battles.
Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-09-15 19:14||   2011-09-15 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Plus, the Greeks have to be loving this: they are in the middle of a desperate economic crisis, and their traditional enemy is insisting on an approach that will cost them the majority of their naval surface forces.
Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-09-15 19:19||   2011-09-15 19:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Shieldwolf, one difference between Erdogan and Stalin is that when Stalin had his competent officers purged, they were dead. As far as I know, Erdogan just had them dismissed.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-09-15 22:32||   2011-09-15 22:32|| Front Page Top

#12 So far, Rambler. Never trust an Islamist to not behead you at the first opportunity.
Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-09-15 22:49||   2011-09-15 22:49|| Front Page Top

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