LIVE THREAD : Navy Fires warning shot at Iranian Boat in Persian Gulf

FOX ^ | 04 11 2008 | drzz

[drzz]

Updates welcome. The story just showed up. Casus belli ?

[LukeL]

A warning shot would be a crusie missile through its main engine.

[The_Republican]

Iranian must feel that a skirmish with US would turn world opinion against US even further and thus they would have nothing to worry about.

I think as stupid as the world is, its not that stupid. They can see what game Iran is playing.

[traumer]

U R quick....

[drzz]

If Ahmadinejad gives us a casus belli, I will really LOVE the man.

[Just another Joe]

Iran needs to be shut down hard and taken down a peg.
They need to be shown that they are not the player on the world stage that they think they are.

[Josh Painter]

Navy ship fired a flare to warn off the Iranian boat:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VVP9E82&show_article=1

[drzz]

http://cbs2chicago.com/national/iran.naval.confrontation.2.697662.html

The Navy says a ship encountered a small Iranian high-speed boat in the central Persian Gulf and warned it away by firing a flare.

Two other similar Iranian boats in the area did not come as close.

The USS Typhoon tried unsuccessfully to establish radio contact with the Iranian boat after it came within an estimated 200 yards of the Typhoon on Thursday, outside Iranian territorial waters. A Navy official says the ship then fired the flare and continued on its way without incident.

The official says there were no signs any boat was armed.

It was at least the second encounter with an aggressive Iranian high-speed boat this year.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

The Navy says a ship encountered a small Iranian high-speed boat in the central Persian Gulf and warned it away by firing a flare.

Huh. Perhaps this is the Iranian Olympic rowing team? I just read today that Mahmoud Ahmadgenocide has accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremonies in Beijing....

[Michael Barnes]

USS TYPHOON is the fifth CYCLONE - class patrol coastal boat. From November 2001 on, the CYCLONE - class ships were temporarily operated under US Coast Guard control for homeland defense.
General Characteristics: Awarded: August 3, 1990
Keel laid: May 15, 1992
Launched: March 3, 1993
Commissioned: February 12, 1994
Builder: Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana
Propulsion system:4 Paxman diesels
Propellers: four
Length: 170 feet (51.8 meters)
Beam: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
Draft: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 331 tons
Speed: 35 knots
Aircraft: none
Armament: 2 25mm Mk-38 machine guns; 2 .50 cal machine guns;
2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles
Homeport: Little Creek, Va.
Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel

[Empireoftheatom48]

Any Pictures?

[Empireoftheatom48]

Any Pictures?

[uncbob]

They are testing to see how far they can get in before they go full speed for the final run up

It should have been sunk at 400 or more yards

[Empireoftheatom48]

OOPS sorry for the double post.

[neodad]

LET’S DO THIS!!!!!!

[neodad]

Gulf Ping!

[jhpigott]

ping

[GATOR NAVY]

Typhoon at NAB Little Creek.

[Loud Mime]

Just this from the files.....

[dead]

Looks like the SS Minnow could take it in a fight.