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2006-11-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran tests three new missiles in Persian Gulf

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How accurate are these? Are these any threat should US Warships have to defend the straights of Hormuz?

If Iran controls the straights of Hormuz, it's only a matter of time before Israel is attacked because Iran knows it can hold the world to ransom with the Straits.

Posted by anon1 2006-11-04 00:33|| 2006-11-04 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran knows it can hold the world to ransom with the Straits

I wonder if it would work. I suspect a few well-placed tomahawks and a mini-nuke or two and it could all be over very quickly. But the US is always into paying trillions for things that would only cost a tiny fraction if they nipped it in the bud or went at things more seriously.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-04 00:39|| 2006-11-04 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 But the US is always into paying trillions for things that would only cost a tiny fraction if they nipped it in the bud or went at things more seriously.

Keeps Cheneys friends in business LOL

So speaketh one of our UK trolls.

Posted by Crairong Glager5686 2006-11-04 10:03|| 2006-11-04 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, so who sanded off the Chinese serial numbers?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-11-04 12:21|| 2006-11-04 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 They are the missile the Paleos launched against the Israeli and Egyptian ships during the recent unpleasantness. The Hormuz threat is overblown.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-11-04 12:39|| 2006-11-04 12:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Keeps Cheneys friends in business LOL

That's funny I forgot to laugh, but it's good you laughed at your own joke so it wouldn't feel abandoned. And if you think that's the real reason we went to war, you can rest assured when you die that your effors to understand the world you and yours live in were a waste of your life.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-04 12:46|| 2006-11-04 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 ::duh::
Them rockets must be good cuz they could hit the ground! Right?
::/duh::

Now that's a LOL! ;-)

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2006-11-04 14:57|| 2006-11-04 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 There are at least 16 launch positions along the crest of the ridge north of Bandar Abbas, flanking the Straits of Hormuz. Each of these are hardened launch sites with multiple resupply points. Saying Iran can't threaten US warships or Persian Gulf shipping is quite incorrect. They can be quite nasty, and will require quite a bit of work to take out of operation.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-11-04 20:56|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-04 20:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Put an FAE on the locations. Everybody take a deep breath. Feel that? thats what it like to have all the air sucked out of your lungs and oxidized at about 1700 * degrees while the walls cave in from the suck back. You are fifty feet back in the hillside, fine. Have them pipe you air in, see how well that works. Suck harder.

Posted by Angleton 9 2006-11-04 21:33|| 2006-11-04 21:33|| Front Page Top

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