Be afraid, very afraid.
Posted on 05/04/2010 1:25:34 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Iran's navy will on Wednesday start eight days of war games in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman, state television said, less than two weeks after the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards held manoeuvres in the Gulf.
Habibollah Sayari, commander of the navy, said the exercises would display its defence capability, Al Alam television, Iran's Arabic-language satellite television, reported on Tuesday.
In exercises held in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz between April 22 and 25, official media said the Guards tested missiles and a new speedboat capable of destroying enemy ships.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday called on Western countries with nuclear bombs to take practical steps in order to "disarm and create a global community free of nuclear weapons."
Ramin Mehmanparast was speaking after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling nuclear weapons "disgusting and shameful," urged the United Nations on Monday to punish countries like the United States that threaten to use them.
The delegations of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and others walked out of the U.N. chamber during Ahmadinejad's speech at the start of a month-long review conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York.
By just running away from the scene no problem will be solved regarding the threats menacing the world," Mehmanparast told reporters in Tehran, in comments carried by English-language Press TV
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Be afraid, very afraid.
Where are those N. Korean subs when you need them?
The North Koreans sold the same subs that sank the Cheonan
Bad Oman!
Boom!
I think you can be sure that we will have a sufficient number of our own subs in the vicinity. And, too, that we will demonstrate to the Iranians the proper methodology for flying airplanes over the ships of a foreign navy.
Diesel\Electrics can be beyond quiet when submerged. Don’t mis-underestimate them.
Unless Obama puts the nix on it. (and I’m sure he is going to order us to stay clear of that area)
I don't ... it's just that we don't have any. But we do have subs that will most assuredly be collecting information.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Iran starts up new war games about once a month?
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