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Trump says US Navy shot down Iranian drone in ‘defensive action,’ escalating tensions in Gulf region
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| 07/18/2019
| Dan Mangan
Posted on 07/18/2019 12:35:06 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Give the tanker back or else.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:36:34 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Red Badger
Nothing Iran does ever results in “escalating tensions in the region.”
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:37:11 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Red Badger
Thanks for posting this interesting news and updates.
To: Innovative
I don’t know why it was taken out of ‘Breaking News’........
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:38:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.............................😃)
To: Red Badger
USS Boxer, an Amphibious Assault Ship - not to be trifled with.
It's a wonder they got within 1K yards.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:40:36 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: Steely Tom
[Nothing Iran does ever results in escalating tensions in the region.]
Of course not!
Iran is Barack Hussein Obama’s “Partner in Peace!”
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:40:43 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Red Badger
permission to destroy the Iranian navy sir
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:41:05 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
To: Red Badger
One thousand yards is well within range of almost any weapon a drone could carry. Once a missile is fired, it is a much harder target than a slower moving drone. I’d say the Iranians are testing, probing to see what they can get away with. I hope we have nearby fighter aircraft for air cover should s Navy ship suddenly be swarmed.
As a side note, Iran has reportedly made “a substantial” offer regarding their nuclear program in an effort to reduce sanctions. Also, Oilprice.com reports no upward movement in oil prices, indicating the marketplace does not expect a war or a disruption.
To: Red Badger
iran is a m*slim theocracy. *slam is the law of the land. That means that civilization, reason and tolerance are not allowed in iran. Don’t expect them to do anything sensible.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:50:28 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: Red Badger
If they would refer to them as UAV’s instead of drones, people might be better able to form a mental image of the actual size and capabilities of these things.
These aren’t the little 4- or 6-rotor thingies that people strap GoPro cameras on for personal use. They are (or at least can be) lethal weapons.
To: Red Badger
1000 yards? Splash anything that gets that close.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:51:37 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:52:56 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:56:07 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!)
To: Red Badger
Now shoot 10 more down and we’ll be even ...
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:56:07 PM PDT
by
dartuser
To: Red Badger
Trump also called on other nations to protect their ships as they go through the straight and work with us in the future.There's a thought.
To: Gen.Blather
Meanwhile....... Israel still has all, that is the sum total, of the records of the Iranian nuclear program.
I suspect there may not be an actual viable Iranian nuclear weapons prgram. I suspect it may have been stymied
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posted on
07/18/2019 1:01:36 PM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/18/2019 1:02:39 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Red Badger
The MSM just cant help inserting their opinions into every last news story. An Iran drone gets shot down. Thats news. Escalating tensions, thats just more anti-Trump opinion.
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posted on
07/18/2019 1:03:39 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: Gen.Blather
I hope we have nearby fighter aircraft for air cover should a Navy ship suddenly be swarmed.
It's the USS Boxer...a bad boy!
Armament: Two RAM launchers; two NATO Sea Sparrow launchers (with Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)); two 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; seven twin .50 cal. machine guns.
Aircraft: A mix of: F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft; MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors; CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters; UH-1Y Huey helicopters; AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters; MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters.
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