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How to Deal With Iranian Speedboats
« on: May 05, 2020, 11:52:10 am »
How to Deal With Iranian Speedboats

Trump’s tweet about destroying them for harassment risks turning a tense situation into a war.
By James Stavridis
May 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
 

President Donald Trump sent a warning shot across the bow of Iran last week, tweeting that any further “harassment” of U.S. warships by Tehran’s navy in the Gulf would result in the destruction of the Iranian units. The tweet was evidently a response to videos of Iranian ships behaving badly, and intended as a warning to stop small surface combatants – some armed with short-range missiles or guns – from buzzing by U.S. ships at close and therefore dangerous range.

The Department of Defense, when queried about what many see as Trump’s new rules of engagement, simply said that commanding officers already have all the tools they need to respond appropriately to Iran. Translation: Thanks, but we’ve got this covered, Mr. President. How should the U.S. and its allies think about this latest twist on Iran’s campaign to threaten stability in the region?

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-03/trump-s-dangerously-wrong-about-destroying-iranian-speedboats
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Re: How to Deal With Iranian Speedboats
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2020, 09:48:03 pm »
"Fire at will...!"
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2020, 10:36:20 pm »
US military test shows the A-10 'Warthog' can obliterate the small-boat swarms that Iran uses

Business Insider by Alex Lockie Mar 2, 2017

https://www.businessinsider.com/a-10-attack-craft-iran-us-navy-2017-3

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About 35 local boat captains simulated swarming attack maneuvers in fishing boats rigged with machine guns while fighter jets, attack helicopters, and the A-10 "Warthog" simulated attacks from above in Florida's Choctawhatchee Bay.

The Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base organized the simulation, called Combat Hammer, to address one of the more pressing threats to the US Navy: attacks from swarming fast-attack craft.

The Air Force's Combat Hammer exercise sought in part to answer the question of how the Navy would deal with a large mass of erratic attack craft — and that involved A-10 Warthogs firing inert 30-millimeter rounds at unmanned ships.

Patrick Megahan, an expert on Iran's military with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Business Insider that even without the Air Force the US Navy had plenty of ways to counter the threat posed by Iranian-style swarm attacks.

"US Army Apache attack helicopters also frequently drill aboard US Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf for countering exactly this threat," Megahan said of the swarming boats.
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Re: How to Deal With Iranian Speedboats
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2020, 10:47:32 pm »
Just blow them away.  Problem solved.  How tough was that?
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