Posted on 02/08/2014 9:34:42 AM PST by dynachrome
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.
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We should move the Pentagon somewhere to middle America for that reason alone.
Them SOB's don't care....Is this tactice to show us "We don't need an intercontinental delivery system. We can do it with a suitcase.
Iran has always said USA is their number one target. We are their “great satan.”
Obama’d move it to the Middle East and let his brothers take it over. We’ll have peace in our time.
Iran has a navy?
You can bet, there’s a Virginia class with firing solutions on ever damn ship.
If it were anyone but the boy emperor in office, we’d be looking at this as an opportunity to test out our coastal defenses and use up some torpedoes.
Do they have tenders for the “Fleet” and where do the refuel in our hemispher?
It be a hoot if the ran out of fuel...
Yup. These bastards are probing. I’d blow them out of the water now. And take out their nuke capabilities immediately. Why wait until they get close enough to launch nukes against our cities?
Iran has a world-class navy? Who knew?
Aren’t most of these ship just garage-sale items from Russia, disposed of for a little foreign exchange, and as a “good-will” gesture to the ayatollahs of Iran? And as such, does Iran have sufficient training in the use and dispatching of such a flotilla to put them to good advantage?
What matters is the narative;
Who SAYS we can't approach the US to within 12 miles ?
The Chinese chuckle ... "We know it ALL time ... we BUILD many boats ... go to US ... screw dem up veddy, veddy nicely"
Iran sending warships. HAR! HAR! HAR! BWAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! and other symbols depicting peals of Homeric laughter.
they have a YUGO,,they have a YUGO...
Yugo[edit]
Yugo class (4) [4]
Ship displacement: 90 tons submerged
Dimensions: 20 x 2 x 1.6 meters (65.6 x 6.5 x 5 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 160 shp (119 kW), 4 knots (7 km/h)
Crew: 2 + 6 swimmers
Armament: 2 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes in drop collars.
North-Korean built.
crew of 2 ..plus 6 swimmers?....SWIMMERS?
Yup, like King Canute telling the tide to recede.
I had a more credible naval threat in my bathtub when I was 6.
Yup, what do you call the Iranian Navy at sea?
Multiple moving targets.
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