Official: Iran to send ships near U.S. coast

[Muddy]

Iran (http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/Iran) plans to send military ships near the Atlantic coast of the United States, but offered no timeline or details on the “powerful presence” its naval head promised would be deployed.
Iranian Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari warned that his country plans to station ships near the U.S. sea borders in a move that would dramatically heighten tensions between the two countries, Reuters (http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-could-deploy-navy-near-u-coast-152914655.html) reported.



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“Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders,” Sayyari, the head of the Iranian navy, said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Sayyari said Iran plans to have a large presence in international waters. His speech was given at a ceremony for the 31st anniversary of the country’s 1980-1988 war with Iraq (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64534.html#ixzz1ZB7yBzP8).


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[Muddy]

I say, Do it! Lets get this show on the road and show this fella who's running the show...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Smart move, these people have to be fuckin stupid

[beowulf]

what a joke..............go and look at what the iranian navy is made up of....................its biggest ships are frigates and corvettes....most are over 25 years old......all wouldnt have the range to get to US coast with out refuelling......do they have that capbaility?...doubt it and even if they did they wouldnt get away without being followed every inch of the way........same with the 3 ex soviet subs they have.....and they do have useful weapons but it really is a case of get me a shovel, im ankle deep in bullshit

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://media.stratfor.com/files/mmf/7/2/7236202c7bc915de93f5c5a157e4154029fbb97d_two_colum n.jpg

[redred]

maybe they like baywatch

[Acid Trip]

A fleet of old terribly outdated warships miles from our coast means diddly squat. One of our carrier groups could destroy the entire Iranian fleet without even trying.

Stupid does not even begin to describe this move by the Iranians.

[Shady]

If they take out the Jersey Shore I wouldn't complain.

[Muddy]

http://media.stratfor.com/files/mmf/7/2/7236202c7bc915de93f5c5a157e4154029fbb97d_two_colum n.jpg

I wonder if that thing can pull a skier?

[JoeyB]

Obviously they are of limited threat from a purely naval perspective; ignoring the potential for missiles sent inland of course, which is a pretty serious threat...

But the bottom line is this...international waters are free for all to use, and start very close to the shores of sovereign nations. As they pointed out, America has a lot of ships parked right on their asses, why can't they do the same?

We have no right to complain when another country does something completely legal and that we have been doing to them for years.

[FBD]

*pictures doctor evil telling the UN 1 milllllion dollars*


:lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

“powerful presence”

:nervous:


...its biggest ships are frigates and corvettes....

Corvettes don't float :hand:

http://i.imgur.com/emGIL.gif

[FBD]

they skim the water nicely for a short period of time if you're going fast enough, though :lol:

[Arkady Renko]

yet another bullshit propaganda move by the Mullah regime. completely meaningless in a military perspective, but sadly enough I can imagine millions of testosterone riddled muslims going "fuck yeah" over this.

[beowulf]

:nervous:



Corvettes don't float :hand:

http://i.imgur.com/emGIL.gif

burn well tho...............

http://i53.tinypic.com/1zpntba.jpg


is that stevegmu crying, in the background? :haha: