War Drums: Iran Sending Warships Close To U.S. Borders...

[Animus]

I'm calling bullshit.

I've crossed the Atlantic several times and each time we had to refuel at least once while we was out to sea and at least another time between the Canary Islands and Spain. I don't believe and I refuse to believe that two Iranian ships will ever reach our waters w/out refueling at sea. They must find a safe haven in a country like South Africa for a port visit and somehow make it to Venezuela for another port visit for this trek to be possible if there isn't a ship providing fuel and stores with them. And I doubt Russia or China would be supplying a ship that's capable for them to refuel at sea.

Their navy has six, maybe seven ships, with four to five submarines, I highly doubt they'd want to send two ships and leave their shores vulnerable to begin with.

This to me is just Iran being Iran and trying to remain relevant during the winter Olympics. They always find means to use the media to scare the shit out of people. Y'all are being duped.

 

[Geaux4it]

Meanwhile- Iranian ships to test the US border security.Word is they will beach in Florida like the boat people..

-Geaux

 

[The Rabbi]

When will Obama apologize to the Iranians?

 

[rdean]

Iranian war ships are an example of the type of military that comes from a conservative religious state. Everything is substandard.

 

[The Rabbi]

Iranian war ships are an example of the type of military that comes from a conservative religious state. Everything is substandard.

You come from a conservative religious state?

 

[S.J.]

Iranian warships?

 

[bianco]

Warships heading to one's waters are not to be trifled with.
Should be interesting...Iranian Navy v US Navy.
Trouble is...in any attack by Iran [with nukes?]...US sailors would likely die.

 

[Shaarona]

Warships heading to one's waters are not to be trifled with.
Should be interesting...Iranian Navy v US Navy.
Trouble is...in any attack by Iran [with nukes?]...US sailors would likely die.

Don't worry about it.... its not going to happen.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Oh please do bring it on !
Pretty funny

Iran says warships sailing towards U.S.: agency

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday.





"Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," the agency quoted Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying.

Haddad, described as commander of the Iranian navy's northern fleet, said the vessels had started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via "waters near South Africa", Fars reported.

Fars said the plan was part of "Iran's response to Washington's beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf."

The Fars report, which carried no details of the vessels, could not be confirmed independently.

In Washington, a U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, cast doubt on any claims that the Iranian ships were approaching U.S. maritime borders. But the official added that "ships are free to operate in international waters."

The United States and its allies regularly stage naval exercises in the Gulf, saying they want to ensure freedom of navigation in the waterway through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports passes.

U.S. military facilities in the region include a base for its Fifth Fleet in the Gulf Arab kingdom of Bahrain.

Iran sees the Gulf as its own backyard and believes it has a legitimate interest in expanding its influence there.

Iranian officials have often said Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Gulf, if it came under military attack over its disputed nuclear program, and the Western war games are seen in the region as an attempt to deter any such move.

Fars said the Iranian navy had been developing its presence in international waters since 2010, regularly launching vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships from Somali pirates operating in the area.

Yahoo!

Iranian warships? What, a few zodiacs? What's our maritime border? They gonna cross the Atlantic and make nasty faces at us? Can imagine a half dozen periscopes circling them the entire time much like sharks, the faint voices heard "Oh please, please, please..."

 

[bianco]

Warships heading to one's waters are not to be trifled with.
Should be interesting...Iranian Navy v US Navy.
Trouble is...in any attack by Iran [with nukes?]...US sailors would likely die.

Don't worry about it.... its not going to happen.

Trust "Death to America" Iran?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92myDzAFgU4]"Death to America" chants in Iran - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They chant "Death to America" much like we chant "USA USA" at international sporting events. We know because when they finish up their 'anti-America protests' they go back home and tune their satellite tvs in to watch America's Got Talent. They're a few years and one gunshot away from becomming a democracy.

 

[Politico]

Cool. We need some target practice.

 

[TooTall]

Warships heading to one's waters are not to be trifled with.
Should be interesting...Iranian Navy v US Navy.
Trouble is...in any attack by Iran [with nukes?]...US sailors would likely die.

Don't worry about it.... its not going to happen.

Exactly, and no way could a small group of terrorists hijack three US passenger jets and crash them into some tall buildings. You can now put your head back in the sand.

 

[TooTall]

That's what America get's for ousting a benevolent and elected leader in 53. All actions have consequences. If the road Amerika took to Iran led it to here then what use was the fucking road?

I thought it was Carter that didn't back the Shah allowing the Ayatollah to take over in 1979 caused the problem.

I think it may have been operation Ajax.
Eisenhower was a republican.

That was a US (CIA)/British venture that installed the Shah who became and remained a staunch US ally until Carter allowed his overthrow by radical Islamists. There were thousands of US citizens in Iran while the Shah was in power, including oil company and defense contractors.

 

[WinterBorn]

There was a delay in the departure of the Iranian fleet. Apparently they had to replace the pull cord on the Mercury outboard which powers the destroyer.

 

[WinterBorn]

Oh please do bring it on !
Pretty funny

Iran says warships sailing towards U.S.: agency

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday.





"Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," the agency quoted Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying.

Haddad, described as commander of the Iranian navy's northern fleet, said the vessels had started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via "waters near South Africa", Fars reported.

Fars said the plan was part of "Iran's response to Washington's beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf."

The Fars report, which carried no details of the vessels, could not be confirmed independently.

In Washington, a U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, cast doubt on any claims that the Iranian ships were approaching U.S. maritime borders. But the official added that "ships are free to operate in international waters."

The United States and its allies regularly stage naval exercises in the Gulf, saying they want to ensure freedom of navigation in the waterway through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports passes.

U.S. military facilities in the region include a base for its Fifth Fleet in the Gulf Arab kingdom of Bahrain.

Iran sees the Gulf as its own backyard and believes it has a legitimate interest in expanding its influence there.

Iranian officials have often said Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Gulf, if it came under military attack over its disputed nuclear program, and the Western war games are seen in the region as an attempt to deter any such move.

Fars said the Iranian navy had been developing its presence in international waters since 2010, regularly launching vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships from Somali pirates operating in the area.

Yahoo!

Iranian warships? What, a few zodiacs? What's our maritime border? They gonna cross the Atlantic and make nasty faces at us? Can imagine a half dozen periscopes circling them the entire time much like sharks, the faint voices heard "Oh please, please, please..."

This would be a lot like when Kaddafi sent his fighter aircraft after a carrier group. I had a t-shirt back then that was pretty funny.

*Tomcats - 2
*Libya - 0

 

[Shaarona]

I thought it was Carter that didn't back the Shah allowing the Ayatollah to take over in 1979 caused the problem.

I think it may have been operation Ajax.
Eisenhower was a republican.

That was a US (CIA)/British venture that installed the Shah who became and remained a staunch US ally until Carter allowed his overthrow by radical Islamists. There were thousands of US citizens in Iran while the Shah was in power, including oil company and defense contractors.

Were you in Iran back then?

The Shah was dying.. Our intelligence stank.. and the crackpots took the revolution away from the students.

 

[Unkotare]

God forbid a couple of old boats come to close to American shores. Must kill. That's the spirit people. It's RED DAWN III!

You fucking hypocrite.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Iranian Naval Warships have reportedly begun journey toward US maritime border in Atlantic Ocean about two years after it promised a presence in international waters off US coast.


A senior Iranian naval commander says his country has sent several warships to the Atlantic Ocean, close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time.

The commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet, Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad, is quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying Saturday that the vessels have already begun the journey to the Atlantic Ocean via waters near South Africa.

"Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," Haddad reportedly said, according to Fars, a semi-official Iranian news agency.

Iranian officials said last month that the fleet consisted of the destroyer Sabalan and the logistic helicopter carrier Khark, which will be on a three-month mission. The ships are carrying some 30 navy academy cadets for training along with their regular crews.

Haddad says the fleet is approaching U.S. maritime borders for the first time. The Islamic Republic considers the move as a response to U.S. naval deployments near its own coastlines. The U.S. Navy's 5th fleet is based in nearby Bahrain -- across the gulf from Iran.

Iran has regularly deployed warships to the Gulf of Aden off the eastern coast of Africa to fight privacy and protect commercial ships.

It has also sent its warships to Syrian waters in recent years.

In 2012, Iran said it aims to put warships in international waters off the U.S. coast within the next few years, and extend its reach as far as Antarctica.

Iran sending warships close to US borders | Fox News

i see Iran is spending that 7 billion in aid we gave them wisely

--LOL

 

[eagle1462010]

When the Iranian ships run out of gas or break down will we have to fix them and fill them up so they can go home..........................