Iran to hold joint naval drill with Russia and China this weekend

American Thinker ^ | 12/26/2019 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

Russia and China are bolstering the military threat of the rogue regime in Iran by holding a four-day joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean, starting Saturday. An implicit message seems to be that Iran has defenders in case push comes to shove in the mullahs’ quest to become a nuclear power and wipe Israel off the map, as they have often stated.

Shades of the Axis of Evil.

A group of Iranian Navy vessels

Tanshim News Agency via Wikipedia

Nasser Karimi reports for the AP:

The drill, which is to start on Saturday, will be the first such trilateral exercise as Tehran seeks to boost military cooperation with Beijing and Moscow amid unprecedented economic sanctions from Washington. Visits to Iran by Russian and Chinese naval representatives have also stepped up in recent years.

Iranian military spokesman Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi said the joint maneuvers, which are aimed at promoting regional security, will extend as far as the Sea of Oman. The drill is seen as a response to recent US maneuvers with its regional ally Saudi Arabia, in which China also participated.

That last sentence is an attention-grabber. China is participating in maneuvers with the US and Saudi, while also participating with Russia and Iran. That would seem to put it in a privileged position of learning much about both sides’ military procedures, equipment, and vulnerabilities. I honestly don’t understand what’s going on beneath the surface. Given the fact that the US is in a multidimensional confrontation with China, and the great deal-maker Trump is comfortable with complex tradeoffs of political, economic and other interests, there may be something going that we have no idea about.   

[Candor7]

Love to see them all bunched up like that. One tactical nuke right in the middle, ( sarc.)

[allendale]

Anything that floats in this modern technological era can be sunk. Large capital warships have no future.

[livius]

Not good. For the Russians and the Chinese, that is. This is a gesture to keep the crazy mullahs in line, but what they don’t realize is that Iran is just going to eat them last. Or maybe first, since they seem to be weak.

[McGruff]

No Russian aircraft carrier included.

[Chewbarkah]

They can practice towing the Russian ships.

[null and void]

ping

[tomkat]

Wonder if Russia’s gonna bring that coal burning carrier ?
Oh wait, nevermind, it was on fire in drydock last week . . .

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Love to see them all bunched up like that. One tactical nuke right in the middle, ( sarc.)”

And blame it on a rogue North Korean missile launch.

[SaveFerris]

[US and Saudi, while also participating with Russia and Iran.]

Saudi Arabia, (AKA Sheba and Dedan), shall protest the assault by Persia (Iran) on Israel (for the thread, Ezekiel 38 KJV). Some suggest the U.S.A. is a “young lion” - seems like a reasonable interpretation. The U.S.A. is relatively young compared to some ancient lands (powers). Certainly young compared to Persia.

Meanwhile, Russia (land of Gog IMHO) shall assist Persia in the invasion. They shall be defeated. Quickly. And severely.

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Ezekiel 38:12-14 King James Version (KJV)

12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

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Ezekiel 38:16 King James Version

16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; >>>>>it shall be in the latter days,<<<<< and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

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Ezekiel 38:8 King James Version

8 After many days thou shalt be visited: >>>>>in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people<<<<<, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

[SaveFerris]

[Iran has defenders in case push comes to shove in the mullahs’ quest to become a nuclear power and wipe Israel off the map, as they have often stated.]

Oh, they’ll try. You can bet the farm on that one.

The Lord has predicted it.

[Syncro]

Thanks, SF BUMP

[tet68]

What? No North Korean allies?

Where is the Juche Fleet?

[montag813]

China is THE enemy, period. All this Deep State anti-Russia foolishness has done is push us apart. We need to ally with Russia, and others, to counter the growing Chinese threat

[Mariner]

The combined naval forces of China, Russia and Iran could not, and will not, stop US force projection into the Gulf region.

At most China and Russia could place and support 4-5 warships that far from home, and they’ll be needing fuel and supplies in less than a week.

And they’ll have to seek a pier.

[JimSp]

So if our guys took over a NK missle with a tactical nuke (I know they supposedly don’t exist yet) and plunked it down in the middle...

[cranked]

Speed boat navy, reminds me of the memes made about the North Korean Navy.....

[Alas Babylon!]

Wow! Nine targets, almost all lined up!

[Alas Babylon!]

Nyet, Nyet! Wessel not on fire! Is burn potato. New technology. And sailor make vodka for cold sea maneuver.

[SaveFerris]