We have just begun to fight!
Posted on 01/27/2016 5:09:46 AM PST by Zakeet
Iran's navy warned a U.S. warship on Wednesday to leave waters near the Strait of Hormuz where the Iranians were testing submarines, destroyers and missile launchers, news agencies reported.
The commander of Iran's fleet, Rear-Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, told Tasnim news agency the U.S. ship was trying to collect information in the Sea of Oman - an area close to the Strait, a vital oil and gas shipping route - and said it left quickly after the alert.
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We have just begun to fight!
I heard all the new ships have been redesigned. A split tail instead of a fantail...and they split...
We look like a bunch of p*ssies! — Brian Cox (Super Troopers)
Ping
Is it true that Obama wears a lace thong?
New ROE for the US Navy: If confronted in international waters, tuck tail and run.
“”It was predictable that the U.S. warship would approach the area to collect information on (our) military operations. So we warned them twice in the morning ... to keep their distance from the exercise area and keep clear of our missile range for their own safety,” Sayyari was quoted as saying by Tasnim.
He said Iran had acted in line with the international convention that a country should clear out all other military and trade ships from an area before starting any exercise”
In that case, sounds like a non-story
We have just begun our flight!
Usung Jimmy Carter’s appeasement ROE again!
Ask Michelle’s secret service contingent
It’s also possible that our ships were in the area, collected the data they wanted, and started to leave. Then Iran yells, “Get out of here” at their backs knowing the press as well as the North Vietnamese knew our press.
We didn’t do any launches near shipping lanes but we did do high speed maneuvers. The most memorable was one night we transited Straits of Messina several time running fast not quite flank but very fast. We could easily see street lights etc in the communities ashore we were that close. For missile launches or testing the guns we went to isolated areas away from other ships as possible.
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