Knock me over with a feather, the Atlantic *is* at least three miles deep, so, he ain't lying. Thanks Sub-Driver.
Posted on 04/28/2012 7:39:01 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Iranian naval admiral: ‘If needed, we can move to within three miles of New York’ By Reza Kahlili - The Daily Caller 10:13 PM 04/27/2012
The Islamic Republic of Iran said Tuesday that it has the ability to position a naval vessel within three miles of the East Coast of the United States.
“The power of our naval forces is such that we have a presence in all the waters of the world and, if needed, we can move to within three miles of New York,” Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said Tuesday during a speech to the students of the University of Yazd in Iran. His remarks were quoted by an Iranian student news agency.
This naval saber rattling represents a stark escalation in Iran’s war rhetoric, as the West weighs the question of whether to impose new economic sanctions or directly attack the Islamic regime’s illicit nuclear facilities.
“The Americans’ only tool to rule the world is their naval dominance of the Persian Gulf,” Fadavi added, “and they will face any other power that threatens their status.”
The admiral was speaking on the anniversary of a failed April 24, 1980 U.S. military operation — dubbed “Operation Eagle Claw” — that sought to rescue American hostages held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
A Pentagon official responded to Fadavi’s claim on Friday. “You should ask the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps what their plans are,” the official told The Daily Caller. “We support freedom of the seas and encourage all countries to follow international laws.”
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Back when we were testing above ground, most stuff was vacuum-tube based. Vacuum tube gear is pretty much impervious to EMP. Transistorized gear and computer gear, not so much.
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Anything that hasn’t been EMP/EMI hardened will be fryed. I can’t get into details, but I have been involved in EMP/EMI testing for DOD programs I have worked on. If it ain’t hardened it’s toast.
Also in the case of cars, even though they are run by computers, they are designed to run under rough conditions, heat, cold, high RF environment and so on so perhaps there is a way they can handle EMP as well. I’m into auto parts so I generally know what car parts go through.
Greetings sean327:
Understand. Just looking for open source factual.
Cheers,
OLA
Right. I'll get the surrender papers ready.
Not a problem. There is plenty of info out there that isn’t classified. Most of it explains the science behind EMP/EMI.
Many electronics text books go into good detail.
Very nice! Thanks for the laugh.
:’)
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