This is why we need Fred Thompson, not Romney or Huckabee or Giuliani, and certainly not Ron Paul.
Let’s do this!!!!!!
Here’s some info on what MAY (I do not know for sure) of what threatened our ships.
n 1992, Iran and China negotiated a deal for Iran to recieve a fleet of 70-ton Chinese patrol boats with Styx antiship missles. In 1993, Iran bought two Russian Kilo-class submarines and eight mini-submarines from North Korea. All done in an effort to rebuild after the Navy was nearly destoyed after the Islamic Revolution, Iran continued to purchase foreign weapons systems.
Here’s the link:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/navy.htm
This is maybe more their style if if does come down to a shooting engagement.
Iran is adding Chinese-made small boats armed with anti-ship cruise missiles to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps navy that can be used in attacks on shipping in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, according to the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). “Iran still states that the [Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps navy] will employ swarming tactics in a conflict,” ONI analyst Robert Althage said in an e-mail, noting that the paramilitary organization “continues to add boats armed with anti-ship cruise missiles, such as the FL-10, to its inventory.”
China began supplying Iran over the past several years with small, high-speed C-14 catamarans armed with the optically guided FL-10 anti-ship cruise missiles. Mr. Althage said in response to questions posed by Bloomberg News that recent exercises by the Iranians did not show any new capabilities and that the maneuvers appeared designed “for publicity.” Currently, Iran operates three Russian-made Kilo submarines but has not yet mined waterways, the ONI analyst stated.
A 2004 ONI report said the Iranian IRGC navy has more than 1,000 small boats ranging in length from 17 to 60 feet, and many are concentrated near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where a large majority of the world’s oil passes. The boats can be used in attacks against shipping and include infantry weapons, unguided barrage rockets, recoilless guns, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.
http://www.worldthreats.com/al-qaeda_terrorism/bgertz_inside_the_ring_061507.html
Got my heart thumping a bit, that’s for sure. We still don’t know if they may have been dropping mines into the water? I doubt we’d risk lives making a sweep of the area so those “boxes” they dropped overboard may remain a mystery. But there’s no question that was a close call.
At the end of the video there would be nothing but a lot of wooden sticks floating on the water, along with a few body parts.
Why would anyone perceive the threat to be idle after the U.S.S. The Sullivans, and the U.S.S. Cole?
For those of you who came looking for actual video:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zrg7_sky1_news
Advice for Iranian “navy”: when you’re in a 14’ double outboard and confronting a missile cruiser, missile destroyer, and frigate, it is generally not a good idea to say “I am coming at you, you will explode”