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2007-01-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Two US aircraft carrier groups plus a Patriot air defense missile battalion planned for the ME
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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-12 20:05|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Dunno, but I suspect around 16 launchers. Should be enough to cover a city fairly well, I would think.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-01-12 22:04||   2007-01-12 22:04|| Front Page Top

#2 This is really interesting: a whole lot of USAF presence in Turkey and now two CVBGs in the Gulf. Add the Patriot system and just where is the Marine Group from a couple of weeks ago? They have kind of fell off the radar.
Couple that with the minesweeping activities the Iranians did and the resulting explosions....Just why did they feel the need to sweep the harbor just now anyway?

I think the Pre-game show may be winding down and the opening pitch is just about to be thrown.
Posted by USN, ret. 2007-01-12 22:10||   2007-01-12 22:10|| Front Page Top

#3 that's good, because after the Super Bowl, there's just not much on...I'd prefer to see frantic Iranian AA tracers unsuccessfully into the Qom/Tehran sky while secondary explosions blossom on the ground... but that's just me. I hope it's in high-def :-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-01-12 22:40||   2007-01-12 22:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Frank, as soon as I got to the word superbowl I started laughing so I hard I had to stop reading.
Posted by Mike N. 2007-01-12 23:00||   2007-01-12 23:00|| Front Page Top

#5 :-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-01-12 23:05||   2007-01-12 23:05|| Front Page Top

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