Would someone PLEASE inform the press that neither one of these vessals are a "BATTLESHIP"??????
Now THIS is a Battleship!!!
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Does Obama know about this?
Doesn't sound out of the ordinary to me, having done it a couple of times...
It’s the Harry S. Truman group on a six month deployment to relieve the Eisenhower which has been in the Gulf region since January. Incidentally, the Eisenhower also passed through the Suez Canal on its way to the Gulf back in Jan, so this type of event isn’t that unusual.
Interesting, if true, that an Israeli ship was also with the group, they are probably going to do some joint training.
12* ships sounds an awful lot like a carrier group. I do not keep track of our naval deployments, but the passage of an East Coast-based carrier and its consorts is not exactly unprecedented.
*Nor am I up to date on the type and number of ships that typically accompany a carrier, but 11 is not an outlandish number.
Interesting that they crfossed together...That is rare — almost unheard of. Twice Israeli vessels have crossed, but that last time was almost a year ago, and no American vessels were along with them. Could just be a coincidence...Could also be contingency preparation for a coming conflict with Iran...We shall see.
What they are calling a “battleship” (see picture that accompanies the article) is an Amphib (LSD or something similar). So, it sounds like a carrier group + an ARG though, given their inability to distinguish between ship types and the fact that a big deck amphib is usually part of an ARG, I am surprised they are not whining about TWO carriers.
I didn’t know a carrier would FIT through the locks of the Suez.
Would someone PLEASE inform the press that neither one of these vessals are a "BATTLESHIP"??????
Now THIS is a Battleship!!!
WOW
It could be. If an east coast carrier is deploying to the Indian Ocean then the task group would transit the Suez Canal.
Thunder on the plains. Hope they use some pirates as target practice before waving to Mahmoud.
Anyone know differently? Anyone know which Carrier it was?
Can recall the USS Missouri transiting the Suez prior to the Gulf War. Was assigned to a US Embassy along route when in the Army. The message traffic kept me busy sending and receiving flash and immediate messages.
The French government was not helpful providing “logistics support”.
There are missile batteries along the route.
Oh how that just breaks my heart. /s
Okay Turkey, your move.
Egypt knows which side it’s bread is buttered on.
I am having a hard time who gave the direct orders for this. It’s almost impossible for me to think Il Douche’ Jr. signed off on it.
correction the battleship was the USS Wisconsin, not the USS Missouri.
Egypt allowed at least one Israeli and 11 American warships to pass through the Suez Canal as an Iranian flotilla approaches Gaza. Egypt closed the canal to protect the ships with thousands of soldiers, according to the British-based Arabic language newspaper Al Quds al-Arabi.
One day prior to the report on Saturday, Voice of Israel government radio reported that the Egyptian government denied an Israeli request not to allow the Iranian flotilla to use the Suez Canal to reach Gaza, in violation of the Israeli sea embargo on the Hamas-controlled area.
International agreements require Egypt to keep the Suez open even for warships, but the armada, led by the USS Truman with 5,000 sailors and marines, was the largest in years. Egypt closed the canal to fishing and other boats as the armada moved through the strategic passageway that connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas.
Despite Egypt’s reported refusal to block the canal to Iranian boats, the clearance for the American-Israeli fleet may be a warning to Iran it may face military opposition if the Iranian Red Crescent ship continues on course to Gaza.
The warships may exercise the right to inspect the Iranian boat for the illegal transport or weapons. Newsweek reported that Egyptian authorities could stop the ship for weeks, using technicalities such as requiring that any official documents be translated from Farsi into Arabic.
The magazine’s website also reported that the Iranian navy is the weakest part of its armed forces. Tehran has already backed down from announced intentions to escort the Iranian ships with "volunteer marines” from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
excerpt http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164