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Video: How The US Navy Would React To A Iranian Fast Attack Boat
Right Journalism ^ | 04.22.2020 | Natalie Dagenhardt

Posted on 04/22/2020 9:40:46 AM PDT by USA Conservative

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It's about time we have a President who allows our Navy to defend itself.
1 posted on 04/22/2020 9:40:46 AM PDT by USA Conservative
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We need to vaporize one of these mosquito boats....that would be the end of this I suspect


2 posted on 04/22/2020 9:44:25 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: USA Conservative

3 posted on 04/22/2020 9:45:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: USA Conservative

I know little of Naval weapons but small boats should be able to carry devastating weapons something like RPGs or maybe something with a longer range.

On the other hand just about any warship should destroy those speed boats with ease.


4 posted on 04/22/2020 9:45:59 AM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: USA Conservative

Yes, the old hold your fire until fired upon really sucks.


5 posted on 04/22/2020 9:46:11 AM PDT by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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To: USA Conservative
I'll bet belting away with the deck guns is fun... However it looks like the Griffin missile system is quicker - more effective sooner and at a longer range. I wonder what those cost per round vs the hundreds of rounds expended through deck guns, or vs the cost of the target...

I think I'd like to be the guy driving the remotely piloted target boat. Full throttle, crossing target, zig-zagging to change the range nearly continuously... I think I could make it very hard to hit with a deck gun.

6 posted on 04/22/2020 9:48:39 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: yarddog
The USS Cole came close to being sunk by a small boat


7 posted on 04/22/2020 9:48:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: yarddog

Search youtube for Phalanx system.


8 posted on 04/22/2020 9:48:43 AM PDT by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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To: USA Conservative

“MK 38 M242 Bushmaster canons, M2 machine guns, and close-in weapon systems”

I’m no expert, but that does not look like fine shooting. Looks like we threw a couple tons of ammo to get a couple of hits.

Why aren’t we using small, smart steerable missiles to home in on such a target? Do such things exist?


9 posted on 04/22/2020 9:49:43 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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50k in ammo 100million dollar ship and takes them 5 min to sink a 5k boat.
I posted this because I am surprised of how they miss the target lol


10 posted on 04/22/2020 9:51:52 AM PDT by USA Conservative
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11 posted on 04/22/2020 9:52:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I hate to say it, but the navy needs more marksmanship training - too many rounds fired, too few hits.

If those Iranians carry something more consequential than a .50, like a torpedo or a short-range missile, the sailors need to gets hits in early.

12 posted on 04/22/2020 9:53:50 AM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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“On the other hand just about any warship should destroy those speed boats with ease.”

One or two, yes.

200, not so much.

L


13 posted on 04/22/2020 9:55:01 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: USA Conservative

Bingo. I was really UNIMPRESSED as you saw in my post. That was pathetic.

As a lay person, I would think it would take ONE shot to sink a boat like that with today’s modern, smart weaponry. But I guess I’m over-estimating the capabilities of our weapons.


14 posted on 04/22/2020 9:55:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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If the guys manning those gun are any indication of the Navy’s ability to destroy the fast attach boats, we are in trouble. Those guys put a lot of lead down range with little accuracy.


15 posted on 04/22/2020 9:58:44 AM PDT by Edison (I don't know what irks me more, the lying or the incompetence.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I’m no expert, but that does not look like fine shooting. Looks like we threw a couple tons of ammo to get a couple of hits.

My only hope is that it's propaganda to convince the Iranians that they can attack a US warship with impunity.

16 posted on 04/22/2020 10:02:23 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: USA Conservative

You have to see this from the point of view of being on the small boat.


17 posted on 04/22/2020 10:02:58 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s the motion of the ocean. Roll pitch and yaw on both the target and the shooting vessels. It would be much easier to target their bases.


18 posted on 04/22/2020 10:05:04 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: USA Conservative

Not impressed. Needs just one YUGE explosion with nothing but a little debris left floating.


19 posted on 04/22/2020 10:09:09 AM PDT by moovova
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"Nearly a dozen Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels sailed out Wednesday to harass a collection of US Navy and Coast Guard vessels conducting operations in international waters"

The Iranian navy is awesome.


20 posted on 04/22/2020 10:14:50 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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