Iran, China and Russia hold joint naval drills in Indian Ocean as Putin prepares to face off against the West in Ukraine

Daily Mail (UK) ^

[TigerClaws]

Iran, China and Russia have launched a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, with the aim of boosting marine security, state media reported.

Iran's state TV said 11 of its vessels were joined by three Russian ships including a destroyer, and two Chinese vessels.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard will also participate with smaller ships and helicopters.

The military exercise comes at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow's build-up of some 100,000 troops on their border with Ukraine.

Russia is also being joined by China and Iran - two nations which are at loggerheads with the West, with Beijing recently accused of sending a spy to the heart of the UK Parliament. Iran, China and Russia have launched a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, with the aim of boosting marine security

Iran, China and Russia have launched a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, with the aim of boosting marine security

[rrrod]

But but the Putin puffers on FR keep telling us Russia is our friend...lol

[EBH]

Yup. No surprise there. Totally expected.

[Mariner]

China managed to send one ship 4,000 miles from home.

[TexasFreeper2009]

looks like the sides are starting to solidify... it will be China, Russia, Iran and most likely North Korea against everyone else.

[cuban leaf]

You know, it kinda feels a bit like the summer of 1939...but colder.

[enduserindy]

Probably china sending a tow to the other two. /s
Serious question, what will India do?

[ClearCase_guy]

When one of them makes the move, they will all make their move. Teamwork.

[datura]

China sent one destroyer and a supply ship.

[Seruzawa]

Even money says it gets towed.

[immadashell]

What does Brandon do when Russia attacks the Ukraine, China invades Taiwan, and Iran nukes Israel all at the same time? Goes to the basement maybe?

[353FMG]

Having Biden in the WH presents the perfect time for America’s adversaries to make their move. Biden is truly a liability to America’s security. The country can plainly not afford him as president unless it prefers a war.

[Seruzawa]

What are the Generals and contractors going to do when none of that happens?

[DownInFlames]

Iran supplied 11 dingys.

[ought-six]

Sides are being drawn. The new Axis will be Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Belarus, and probably Syria.

[ought-six]

“You know, it kinda feels a bit like the summer of 1939...but colder.”

Yeah.

[PGR88]

I think it is the beginning of a new Cold War. I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake. There was no reason for this whatsoever. No one was threatening anybody else. This expansion would make the founding fathers of this country turn over in their graves. We have signed up to protect a whole series of countries, even though we have neither the resources nor the intention to do so in any serious way. [NATO expansion] was simply a lighthearted action by a Senate that has no real interest in foreign affairs. … Our differences in the Cold War were with the Soviet Communist regime. And now we are turning our backs on the very people who mounted the greatest bloodless revolution in history to remove that Soviet regime.

Quick Quiz: Which famous "Putin Puffer" said this 20 years ago?

[DownInFlames]

11 ships and not 1 carrier.

[ought-six]

“Having Biden in the WH presents the perfect time for America’s adversaries to make their move. Biden is truly a liability to America’s security. The country can plainly not afford him as president unless it prefers a war.”

And Biden at the helm at time of war would be fatal to the U.S.

[cuban leaf]

I remember an interesting scene in the movie, “Things to Come”. It was made just before WWII broke out. In an early scene, two guys are talking about “that guy” that seems to be leading us to war. In the movie the war actually happens - as it did in real life just a few months later.

Sometimes you don’t have to be an Einstein to see what is in plain sight. Things always change. They never stay the same. Sadly, sometimes they make a change for the worse before we are forced to change them for the better.

I think we are on the cusp of such a time. And I think most people that are paying attention see it too.