[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Well gee, that still isn't acceptable. Suppose a nice "Iranian" ship comes up and dutifully drops its anchor next to the battleship for an inspection, and then as the inspectors board, kaboom, taking the battleship with it? A nice little suitcase nuke on board would produce quite a pyrotechnic display.

SEE the nuts do come out soon! A suitcase nuke wasted on a destroyer! R O F L M A O!

I suppose the answer is to stop doing those pesky inspections.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I can't read terrorist minds. The problem is not the inspections silly, it's that the Iranian ship got too close, way too close, to the destroyer. I don't know exactly what an Islamokamikaze terrorist would consider to be the ultimate "statement," but as far as effectiveness in generating consternation in America, surely going kerblooie (nuke or conventional) next to an American battleship after a supposedly successful inspection would be fairly high on their list.