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Iranian rocket passes within 1,500 yards of US aircraft carrier
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| 12/30/15
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Posted on 12/30/2015 11:17:42 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants
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Clearly this was a provocation and a test that Obama failed miserably.
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
12/30/2015 11:20:54 AM PST
by
Baynative
(Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Suggestion: live fire them right back. With accuracy.
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posted on
12/30/2015 11:20:57 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
More like a “hi there” from the Iranians to their buddy, Barak. Kinda like the guy who sunk the tourist ship to say hi to those on the coast.
To: Blood of Tyrants
No, just tabloid journalism designed to spike the adrenaline of readers.
The Iranian ships were firing directly away from the U.S. ships, towards Iran.
U.S. ships were 1,500 yards from the Iranian ships (backside of the missile launches).
Straight of Hormuz gets narrow. If you are going through it, you are going to be close to live-fire exercises.
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posted on
12/30/2015 11:22:13 AM PST
by
Southack
(The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
To: Blood of Tyrants
IOW, they set us up with a trial run and we did NOTHING.
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posted on
12/30/2015 11:41:51 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Southack
Yes, good analysis. The headline and hype were designed to sell commercials at Fox news.
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posted on
12/30/2015 11:53:52 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: Blood of Tyrants
Carriers are sitting ducks in those waters and our admirals know it and don’t like being there
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:06:20 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: Blood of Tyrants
1-1500 yards is close to a mile.
2-Bambi has no intention of generating a response in America’s best interest.
3-Bambi wouldn’t have clue how to respond if our carrier was hit.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:23:07 PM PST
by
G Larry
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
and what did the carrier hit in response?
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:24:12 PM PST
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Just fireworks for Obama for a happy new year
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:25:03 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The headline is one of the biggest misrepresentations of facts I've seen in the news this year.
The rockets were no threat to the CVN (which was under some bad-assed escort) and we in fact fired in the opposite direction of the carrier and escorts.
It was more akin to an ironic welcoming ceremony.
Shame on Fox.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:26:57 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Southack; Blood of Tyrants
"No, just tabloid journalism designed to spike the adrenaline of readers."
Absolutely correct.
This was only a provocation to little girls playing High Tea.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:29:10 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: uncbob
"Carriers are sitting ducks in those waters and our admirals know it and donât like being there"
1. They would never be there when/if hostilities are imminent.
2. A surprise sinking of a US Carrier would mean existential nuclear war for the perp. That is the well-know rule. Just ask the Japanese.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:31:38 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Stop it was only a clock for goodness sake
To: G Larry
"3-Bambi wouldnât have clue how to respond if our carrier was hit"
Most of the hostilities would be over by the time he heard about it. Standing ROE at sea for a CVN and all supporting elements at sea is to destroy everything associated with firing on a CVN. Instantly.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:33:39 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Obviously the Captain was not too concerned or the headline would ready much more differently.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:50:02 PM PST
by
soycd
To: Southack
thanks. that’s a lot different than what the headline makes you think.
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posted on
12/30/2015 12:52:55 PM PST
by
dp0622
(i)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Provocation? Nope.
“Officials said the rockets traveled in a direction taking them away from the Truman and other shipping traffic in the strait...”
STRONGLY recommend you RTFA before posting.
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posted on
12/30/2015 1:06:30 PM PST
by
HKMk23
(You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
To: Mariner
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he’s secretly overridden that standing order.
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posted on
12/30/2015 1:14:04 PM PST
by
G Larry
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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