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To: thackney; allendale; McGruff; Kenny Bunk
Do you believe you could bring a small boat up against an aircraft carrier in this decade?

It has to go into port sometime. And Yes, I do think it can and that it will happen.

It has happened before. The Housatonic, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, you name it. Set 80 Years apart and yet both large and powerful ships were put out of action by Explosives next to the Hull. Carried by a simple Submarine.

Capital ships are Vulnerable.

Lessons from History.

We cannot dismiss the Iranians just because we think we surpass them in Technology.

Two Simple Torpedoes Sank the Hungarian Battleship Szent István.

What do you think 25 low flying "Dumb" Exocet Missiles could o?

43 posted on 02/25/2015 10:00:51 AM PST by KC_Lion (The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
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To: KC_Lion

Carriers have more defense and detection surrounding them than that mounted on the deck. It is the reason we have carriers is the planes in the air.

I see this video as little more than Iran’s fake stealth and drones. They have a real missile defense. But to offer up the USS Arizona as proof of the threat is just silly.


45 posted on 02/25/2015 10:05:14 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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