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Iran test-fired anti-ship missile during drills last week: U.S. source
Reuters ^ | August 10, 2018 5:30 PM | Ben Blanchard

Posted on 08/11/2018 4:35:56 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Iran test-fired a short-range anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills last week that Washington believes were aimed at sending a message as the United States reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a U.S. official said on Friday.

The official, however, did not suggest that such a missile test was unusual during naval exercises or that it was carried out unsafely, noting it occurred in what could be described as Iranian territorial waters in the Strait.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Sunday it had held war games in the Gulf over the past several days, saying they were aimed at “confronting possible threats” by enemies.

U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, said earlier this week the scope and scale of the exercises were similar to ones Iran had carried out in the past. But the timing of this particular set of exercises was designed to get Washington’s attention. […]

Last month, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backed President Hassan Rouhani’s suggestion that Iran may block Gulf oil exports if its own exports are stopped. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antishipmissile; iran; missiles; rop

1 posted on 08/11/2018 4:35:56 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Keep it up Iran....Trump isnt Bozo


2 posted on 08/11/2018 4:39:00 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Olog-hai

Run silent.
Run deep.


3 posted on 08/11/2018 4:59:27 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Olog-hai
The Persians spew all kinds of bravado...giving themselves a big ol warm fuzzy. Fact is, they'd last about as long as the Iraqi armed forces. They'd see their entire navy gurgling bubbles off the ocean floor within a day or two.
4 posted on 08/11/2018 5:05:31 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777

There was talk about the Iranians using swarms of small boats against us. That only works if the Iranian harbors aren’t all bombed in the first hour of conflict.


5 posted on 08/11/2018 5:13:00 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: servantboy777

15 minutes, I’d bet.


6 posted on 08/11/2018 5:33:35 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Swarms of boats could be a concern, but I’m certain the U.S. Navy has plans for this as well. Be kinda fun to be topside manning a 50cal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nL4Sh_N2bQ


7 posted on 08/11/2018 5:49:46 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: SauronOfMordor

Those small boats would be docked in Davey Jone’s Locker before they were within a mile of a US ship.


8 posted on 08/11/2018 5:57:32 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Iran can’t interrupt ocean traffic there for long. It’s a goofy threat.


9 posted on 08/11/2018 6:31:24 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: jdsteel

A boat doesn’t need to get within a mile. It just needs to get close enough to launch an Exocet missile.


10 posted on 08/11/2018 7:41:40 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: familyop

All they need to do is sink one tanker, and civilian captains will be very reluctant to go near the area.


11 posted on 08/11/2018 7:49:53 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Which won’t get with a half mile.


12 posted on 08/11/2018 11:17:55 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Which won’t get within a half mile.


13 posted on 08/11/2018 11:18:42 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

That’s why some of our forces should continue to be concentrated there to knock out everything that Iran could try to attack with.


14 posted on 08/11/2018 10:39:20 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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