View Full Version : Is Iran really that stupid?
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/27/iranian-navy-plans-to-send-ships-near-us-waters/?test=latestnews
So. Iran thinks they want to send their "Navy" to the borders of our territorial waters? Sure, they can if they want to. I don't think they will want to after they get in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, break down, and are left adrift for awhile. The only place they could refuel would be Venezuela and MAYBE Cuba. These guys have been doing some good drugs.
Navys are used to "show the flag".
We use the movement of our carrier fleets as political statements all the time.
And we've had a sizable force of ships parked off their coast for a number of years now.
What was that fleet they sent to the Red Sea? Two small ships and a submarine?
It's international waters - as long as they don't go around shooting down civilian airliners. I'm sure if they make it over here somebody will be keeping a close eye on them - I hope.
It's international waters - as long as they don't go around shooting down civilian airliners. I'm sure if they make it over here somebody will be keeping a close eye on them - I hope.
Along the same lines,,
I'm sure the USN, USAF, TSA & FAA will be rerouting all flights around these Ship of Fools...
The Marines will use them for a water born landing assault FTX???
And Seal Team 6 will be the imbedded aggressor force???
:munchin
Team Sergeant
09-28-2011, 07:21
Not a chance......
The Iranian Navy would NEVER make it past the Somali pirates.....
(we'd be sending SEAL Team Six to rescue them.)
Not a chance......
The Iranian Navy would NEVER make it past the Somali pirates.....
(we'd be sending SEAL Team Six to rescue them.)
I bet they would - since they probably would be running a resupply for the Mother Ships as they steamed by.
mark46th
09-28-2011, 08:35
Iranian navy? Phalanx CWIS would be fun to watch....
IMHO is goes to show how weak this administration looks to the world. They never would have done this under Regan. The thing is with the current administration I wonder if they will actually try something stupid thinking we are so weak and spineless. Lets face the current POTUS has more waffles than IHOP.
I agree. I think they are just trying to push the envelope a little to see just what they can get away with. If I am reading the story correctly, the only time they have been west of the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea areas was their recent trip through the Suez Canal that made Israel so nervous.
They never would have done this under Regan.
Does it matter that Iran was in no position to do any such thing to challenge the US or the USSR during the Regan Administration. :confused:
The Iran Primer - The Reagan Administration
http://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/reagan-administration
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin
MTN Medic
09-28-2011, 17:20
but this is an odd coincidence...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iran-says-its-new-cruise-missile-delivered-to-navy/
but this is an odd coincidence...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iran-says-its-new-cruise-missile-delivered-to-navy/
hmmm, comin' close to the front door and showin their "junk"...could be grounds for an ass kickin'...like the close calls during the cold war..
perhaps we should suspend the 2012 general election for a few years and give the current POTUS more time to see if his plan for diplomacy in dealing with Iran might still work...
...that WAS the original plan for dealing with this batshit crazy persian wasn't it?
Hell, even AL-Qaeda is starting to think this guy is an asshat.
xxxhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/al-qaeda-ahmadinejad-end-911-theories_n_985265.html?icid=maing-grid7|hp-laptop|dl21|sec1_lnk2|99867
greenberetTFS
09-30-2011, 05:50
Not a chance......
The Iranian Navy would NEVER make it past the Somali pirates.....
(we'd be sending SEAL Team Six to rescue them.)
:D:D:D
Big Teddy :munchin
Peregrino
09-30-2011, 17:52
There's always this option:
http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.3/pub_detail.asp
A fair percentage of their missile technology is already derived from North Korean tech exchanges.
DaveMatteson
10-03-2011, 11:32
but this is an odd coincidence...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iran-says-its-new-cruise-missile-delivered-to-navy/
No, the even odder coincidence is that the missile in the picture on your link? Has a sister and its called the C-805 which is a land attack missile and can be fired from naval locations.
The YJ-85, C-805 export name, is a land-attack cruise missile variant of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile family. It is said that YJ-85 navigation system is based on a combination of GPS and terrain recognition. Overall performance of this land attack missile is close to the US SLAM which is, as well, a derivative of the Harpoon anti-ship missile. The YJ-85 may enter service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by 2010
Iran has serviced the 805. One of their drones carries four of these.