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General Category => World News => Topic started by: SPQR on January 22, 2014, 03:37:33 am
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By Voice of Russia
Iranian warships headed for the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday to protect the country's cargo ships and oil tankers, navy officials said.
"Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is among the most important countries that takes responsibility for the security of the vessels which pass through the Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb strait," Iranian naval commander Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said.
The effort marks the first time Iran has dispatched warships to the Atlantic Ocean, the Times of Israel reported.
The fleet includes a Kharg logistic warship, which is capable of carrying helicopters, and a Sabalan destroyer.
The fleet will travel to the Atlantic Ocean in the next three months, the Tasnim news agency reported.
Iran's naval forces have increased their presence in international waters in recent years, and has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 when Somali pirates hijacked an Iranian cargo ship.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_22/Iranian-warships-depart-for-Atlantic-Ocean-to-protect-ships-and-tankers-2886/
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Wanna bet me they have had an American attack submarine escort within shooting distance since they pulled up the brow??
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_US_NAVY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-08-10-14-18 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_US_NAVY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-08-10-14-18)
Feb 8, 10:14 AM EST
Iran sending warships close to US borders
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian naval commander says his country has sent several warships to the Atlantic Ocean, close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time.
The commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet, Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad, is quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying Saturday that the vessels have already begun the journey to the Atlantic Ocean via waters near South Africa.
Iranian officials said last month that the fleet consisted of a destroyer and a logistic helicopter carrier, which will be on a three-month mission.
Haddad says the fleet is approaching U.S. maritime borders for the first time. The Islamic Republic considers the move as a response to U.S. naval deployments near its own coastlines. The U.S. Navy's 5th fleet is based in nearby Bahrain.
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:silly: :silly: :silly:
The Blue Ghost (the Lexington)sits at the mouth of the Corpus Christi ship channel. Let's dance.
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We should send John Kerry out in a swiftboat to greet them. :whistle:
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One US destroyer could sink the entire Iranian surface fleet and be back in port in time for lunch.
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One US destroyer could sink the entire Iranian surface fleet and be back in port in time for lunch.
One correction. One US Destroyer could sink the entire Iranian surface fleet without ever leaving port in Norfolk....
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IRAN SAYS WARSHIPS HEADED CLOSE TO US BORDERS
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_US_NAVY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-08-10-14-18 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_US_NAVY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-08-10-14-18)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/RuhRoe.jpg)
That is a picture of USS George Washington (CVN-73) taken through the attack periscope of a US Los Angeles Class submarine. The Chief of the Boat was a neighbor of mine when I was on Roosevelt, and we were at sea for our initial shake down cruise and were operating with his sub. When the sub got a firing solution on TR, she popped up, fired a flare and snapped a picture of us in the crosshairs to prove it. My friend gave me that polaroid shot as it was one of several.
The point is, we have many submarines at sea at any given time, and they don't call it "The Silent Service" for nothing. They practice constantly as that picture proves. Those Iranian ships are not a threat to the US in any way, but I guarantee you they are under constant surveillance and likely have been since they cleared port, and it won't be long until shap shots like that one will be circulating around in the proper circles.
Sleep tight America. Your Navy is awake tonight.....
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Edited to correct the name.....
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Speaking of great pics of carriers....here's a Buff doing a below-the-flight-deck pass on USS Ranger CV-61. You can't get much lower than that in a Buff without the wheels down.....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/2-B-52flyby.jpg)
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And just one more...
Dawn patrol....from the foreground...USS George Washington (CVN-73) USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/DawnPatrol2.jpg)
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Sleep tight America. Your Navy is awake tonight.....
Thank the Good Lord in Heaven for Bubbleheads playing spades at sea.
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Thank the Good Lord in Heaven for Bubbleheads playing spades at sea.
Not all of 'em are playing spades...I'm sure there is more than one crew running a track and updating a firing solution on these vessels as we chat.....
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Weakness invites tests. Whether or not the Iranians are up to the challenge, they don't fear us.
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Speaking of great pics of carriers....here's a Buff doing a below-the-flight-deck pass on USS Ranger CV-61. You can't get much lower than that in a Buff without the wheels down.....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/2-B-52flyby.jpg)
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I spent 3 yrs. and 4 months aboard Ranger. I love pictures of her. :seeya: Speaking of Ranger, we went through a Russian "trawling fleet" once at about 35 knots. Needless to say those "trawlers" did a lot of bobbing in our wake. :dancer: The trawlers were "fishing" for modifications that had been made after a yard period.
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Weakness invites tests. Whether or not the Iranians are up to the challenge, they don't fear us.
Exactly.
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Speaking of great pics of carriers....here's a Buff doing a below-the-flight-deck pass on USS Ranger CV-61. You can't get much lower than that in a Buff without the wheels down.....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/2-B-52flyby.jpg)
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I previously posted that picture on February 5 from "War is Boring" web site.No wonder that picture looked so familiar.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,128783.0.html
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Weakness invites tests. Whether or not the Iranians are up to the challenge, they don't fear us.
That is correct.
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I previously posted that picture on February 5 from "War is Boring" web site.No wonder that picture looked so familiar.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,128783.0.html
I've had that one for a while, as Ranger was my first ship....
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I've had that one for a while, as Ranger was my first ship....
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LOL! You guys ever stop to think?
The fact that Obama has overhauled the complete naval command with HIS people ever enter your thinking? :whistle:
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Have 3 sea service medals. Spent over 10 years working with various branches of the military.
Been on a Destroyer, and a Carrier, and all other kinds of ships.
But, with all that, I would not do it again today. I do not trust Obama or the American government. I do not trust that they have our interests or the interests of America in mind.
With a guy named 'Hussein' running the show, with his 'mommy' Jarrett (who is Iranian), I have no faith. Of course I feel for the guys who are still in this mess, but I must say, I am glad to be out.
Iranian ships off shore, I'm sure Obama and his ilk, would run out to the shore and wave at them. Maybe invite them in for dinner. (hallal, of course)
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Have 3 sea service medals. Spent over 10 years working with various branches of the military.
Been on a Destroyer, and a Carrier, and all other kinds of ships.
But, with all that, I would not do it again today. I do not trust Obama or the American government. I do not trust that they have our interests or the interests of America in mind.
With a guy named 'Hussein' running the show, with his 'mommy' Jarrett (who is Iranian), I have no faith. Of course I feel for the guys who are still in this mess, but I must say, I am glad to be out.
Iranian ships off shore, I'm sure Obama and his ilk, would run out to the shore and wave at them. Maybe invite them in for dinner. (hallal, of course)
It is not above the realm that he produce his own "Gulf of Tonkin" incident, in concert with the Iranians.
It could be the poor guy's plan to spur support for his failed [read:astonishing successful] strategies and programs.
Nothing like a major shooting war to bring Americans together behind their president. :whistle:
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It is not above the realm that he produce his own "Gulf of Tonkin" incident, in concert with the Iranians.
It could be the poor guy's plan to spur support for his failed [read:astonishing successful] strategies and programs.
Nothing like a major shooting war to bring Americans together behind their president. :whistle:
Yeah, I'm counting on it. I mean to say that I agree. Before Hussien steps down there will be some big war. McCain is chomping at the bit to get into some war somewhere. And McCain is doing Obama's bidding. They tried to get us into Syria, but Putin outsmarted them.
Something is going to happen. I get the impression that Obama is trying to enlist Putin and Russia into either going along with or staying out of some major endeavor. But Putin so hates Obama that these efforts are not succeeding.
It is my firm belief that Obama's ultimate goal is to wipe out Israel. In Islam, that would be his ultimate trophy. I want Debbie Schultz, and all the other moronic Jewish Liberals, to tell me again how much she loves her beloved 'Hussein' once he starts bombing Tel Aviv.
Something which I believe is not off the table, in fact, I think it is actually likely.
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Iranian ships off shore, I'm sure Obama and his ilk, would run out to the shore and wave at them. Maybe invite them in for dinner. (hallal, of course)
I was aboard the Ranger when Israel had a plane hijacked and taken to Entebbe, Kenya. Our battle group was sent into the Indian Ocean and there met a Russian destroyer squadron. It looked like we operating alone out there but as soon as the Russian ships came in sight, a U.S. destroyer was on the fantail of each Russian ship, about 100 yds behind and stayed there until we transited out of the Indian Ocean. We were doing about 25 kts. east so they started following us but as soon as they hooked up to refuel, our CO turned the squadron south at the same speed. The Russians followed us and again tried to unrep and the captain turned back west. An so it went for about a week.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_XwhQdu5TU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_XwhQdu5TU)
I guess we should be grateful the CIC started taking briefings only when the evil Faux News pointed out he wasn't.
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Why does Obama/the MSM rarely speak about any of his foreign policy anymore?
Russia reminds Obama of missile defense promise - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-reminds-obama-of-missile-defense-promise/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-reminds-obama-of-missile-defense-promise/)
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I was aboard the Ranger when Israel had a plane hijacked and taken to Entebbe, Kenya. Our battle group was sent into the Indian Ocean and there met a Russian destroyer squadron. It looked like we operating alone out there but as soon as the Russian ships came in sight, a U.S. destroyer was on the fantail of each Russian ship, about 100 yds behind and stayed there until we transited out of the Indian Ocean. We were doing about 25 kts. east so they started following us but as soon as they hooked up to refuel, our CO turned the squadron south at the same speed. The Russians followed us and again tried to unrep and the captain turned back west. An so it went for about a week.
Yep. I was on a Destroyer in a battle group with the Enterprise up around the Aleutians. We ran across a Russian battle group with their version of a carrier. The Minsk it was called. We broke off from the Enterprise and did just what you said. The captain was a madman and we were plowing all through their formation, cutting the bow of the carrier and just generally harassing them any way we could. Finally the carrier tried to ram us. We crossed the bow and got away only to be picked up by a Russian crusier close off the port side. I about crapped myself when fire control locked on and I saw the 5inch 54s swinging around. We sailed side by side locked on waiting for someone to pull the trigger for about 5 minutes and then broke off.
We harassed them for about a week. Then cruised on back to P.I. Harassing Russians was part of our mission as a Destroyer. And we did it well.
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Yep. I was on a Destroyer in a battle group with the Enterprise up around the Aleutians. We ran across a Russian battle group with their version of a carrier. The Minsk it was called. We broke off from the Enterprise and did just what you said. The captain was a madman and we were plowing all through their formation, cutting the bow of the carrier and just generally harassing them any way we could. Finally the carrier tried to ram us. We crossed the bow and got away only to be picked up by a Russian crusier close off the port side. I about crapped myself when fire control locked on and I saw the 5inch 54s swinging around. We sailed side by side locked on waiting for someone to pull the trigger for about 5 minutes and then broke off.
We harassed them for about a week. Then cruised on back to P.I. Harassing Russians was part of our mission as a Destroyer. And we did it well.
I imagine you did the same as we did with the subs that usually follow the squadrons, locate and ping until they couldn't stand it anymore.
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Yes sir. Our goal with the subs was to stay directly on top of them. Keeps them from surfacing or even using the pariscope. Plus it drove them absolutely crazy. (which was a bonus) They would crazy Ivan or deadstop. But we always knew exactly where they were especially if we had help from the P3s. We would sit on those guys like a mother hen sits on an egg. lol
Those were wild times my friend.
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I was aboard the Ranger when Israel had a plane hijacked and taken to Entebbe, Kenya. Our battle group was sent into the Indian Ocean and there met a Russian destroyer squadron. It looked like we operating alone out there but as soon as the Russian ships came in sight, a U.S. destroyer was on the fantail of each Russian ship, about 100 yds behind and stayed there until we transited out of the Indian Ocean. We were doing about 25 kts. east so they started following us but as soon as they hooked up to refuel, our CO turned the squadron south at the same speed. The Russians followed us and again tried to unrep and the captain turned back west. An so it went for about a week.
None of these ships are a threat. They are built in the 1960s. A Coast Guard cutter have more armaments than these ships. They are lucky that they will make it.
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I remember seeing an intel briefing as we got nearer Africa where the officers couldn't help laughing at a threat from Dr. Idi Amin Dada that they would blow the Ranger and it's battle group out of the water. I'm not sure they had anything as sophisticated as a Sopwith Camel and we probably had more jets on board than they had planes in total. I'm sure it's the same with the Iranian "navy," their equipment is about 40 years behind the times with threats making up the difference.
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None of these ships are a threat. They are built in the 1960s. A Coast Guard cutter have more armaments than these ships. They are lucky that they will make it.
So is Russia's Navy still McHales?
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None of these ships are a threat. They are built in the 1960s. A Coast Guard cutter have more armaments than these ships. They are lucky that they will make it.
If we decided to hit them, which I doubt very much with bother Obama and Jarrett in charge, but if we did every ship would be hit simultaneously at least once. It would be all over in less than 60 seconds, except for rescue efforts.
Those ships will have disappeared. Like they were never there.
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except for rescue efforts.
Maybe the SEALs could have target practice for the "rescue." :whistle: