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U.S. Navy Flexes Muscles in Persian Gulf
AP via SFGate ^ | 3/27/7 | JAMES CALDERWOOD and JIM KRANE

Posted on 03/27/2007 12:49:52 PM PDT by SmithL

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To: gura
Three Harpoons and 2 1000lb bombs can really f$%k up your day.

This captions that same photo this way:

The Iranian frigate IS Sahand (F 74) burns after being attacked by the Joseph Strauss and A-6s. Sahand was hit by three Harpoon missiles, Skipper rocket-propelled bombs, a Walleye laser-guided bomb, and several 1,000-pound bombs.

81 posted on 03/27/2007 10:52:51 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: pleikumud
The United States should bomb and destroy Iran's oil pipelines, for openers.

Actually blocking any tankers carrying gasoline or other refined petroleum products, and hitting their single refinery that produces gasoline, you'd cripple them much more effectively.

82 posted on 03/27/2007 10:55:53 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: hosepipe
Two carriers in the Persian Gulf to act like two faggot musclemen.. all muscle no brains.. If one carrier gets sunk Bush should be impeached..

They aren't in the Gulf, that lakes a little small for a CVBG, let alone two of them. They carry airplanes to avoid going into such constricted waters. The only things the Iranians have that could reach the carriers would be their ballistic missiles, which couldn't hit them but by some really, really good dumb luck and their Air Force, most of which would be broken and burning on their airfields, the rest of which would be meat for the F-15s and F-22s, not to mention the F/A-18 Hornets of the carriers themselves.

83 posted on 03/27/2007 11:08:41 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
[ They aren't in the Gulf, that lakes a little small for a CVBG, let alone two of them. ]

Exactly..

84 posted on 03/28/2007 12:54:35 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: El Gato
The only things the Iranians have that could reach the carriers would be their ballistic missiles, which couldn't hit them but by some really, really good dumb luck and their Air Force, most of which would be broken and burning on their airfields

In the event of a kamakazi attack I wonder how many air to air ac would have to follow the strike ac to make sure they didn't chicken out at the last minute. Is Iran like SA where the wealthy get to fly or do they pick hard-core jihadi's for their jets?

85 posted on 03/28/2007 1:30:34 AM PDT by Dosa26 (Admiral: Is it true people are eating paper to stay alive? XO: No sir...paper shortage)
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To: Stonewall Jackson; Jeff Head
Thought you might like a ping on this.
86 posted on 03/28/2007 2:10:31 AM PDT by SLB (Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
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To: El Gato

Perhaps the refinery plus the pipelines. I see your point about the refinery, but if they can't deliver and sell oil their economy is dead, they're broke.


87 posted on 03/28/2007 5:43:35 AM PDT by pleikumud
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