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2005-10-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian Threat

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Posted by Steve 2005-10-07 10:16|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I would hope that we would have a "3 hour plan", so that 3 hours after they decided to shut the strait, we could say "with what?", the balance of their surface and submarine fleet gracing the sea floor. No big "boom", just "plop, plop, fizz, fizz."

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-07 11:38|| 2005-10-07 11:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Any attempt by Iran to shut down the Strait of Hormuz will end in a naval-air confrontation that will probably end with most of Iranâs acquisitions from China and Russia on the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz.

Hopefully along with a lot of their above-ground nuclear and military facilities.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-07 12:22|| 2005-10-07 12:22|| Front Page Top

#3 There ya go, B-A-R. Cause mischief in the Strait of Hormuz, and the MM's military assets are destroyed, with the Bushehr reactor suffering ~~rubble-itis~~ extensive collateral damage, as well as damage to access tunnels to centrifuge caverns, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-10-07 19:33|| 2005-10-07 19:33|| Front Page Top

#4 No big "boom", just "plop, plop, fizz, fizz."

Exactly. Small live fire exercise for the USN, short exciting taste of war for the Mullahs-at-Sea.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-07 21:30|| 2005-10-07 21:30|| Front Page Top

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