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Iranian warships 'came within 600 yards of a U.S. Navy surveillance ship this weekend.
Daily Mail ^ | 3/6/2017 | DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER

Posted on 03/06/2017 9:36:56 AM PST by LadyBuzz

Iranian warships 'came within 600 yards of a U.S. Navy surveillance ship this weekend as the country was testing missiles' Multiple Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels came within 600 yards of a U.S. Navy surveillance vessel that was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday Confrontation caused the U.S. Navy ship, the USNS Invincible, to change course U.S. officials told Fox News that Iran conducted two missile tests in the area on Saturday and Sunday The test on Saturday reportedly failed but the test on Sunday hit it's intended target: a barge in the Gulf of Oman, just south of the Strait of Hormuz The Invincible is outfitted with technology to detect these tests, as well as submarines

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To: LadyBuzz

Time to issue an ‘apology’ over monitored channels saying ‘sorry for sinking your ship, it was a misunderstanding’... before actually shooting at it. See how quickly they high tail it out of there.


21 posted on 03/06/2017 11:02:54 AM PST by ExpatCanuck
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To: donozark

“Give Iran another $150 Billion and they won’t do this. Again. Until they do....”


Trump isn’t going to give them 150 pennies.

In fact, if Iran keeps doing this stuff, they will be receiving laser- or satellite-guided bombs.

Trump ain’t Obama.


22 posted on 03/06/2017 11:17:12 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Lower Deck

Okay.


23 posted on 03/06/2017 11:45:35 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: LadyBuzz
The world's gone soft.


24 posted on 03/07/2017 9:24:27 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I never ever set out to make anyone feel safe. - S E Hinton)
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