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| Conflicting reports on Iranian warships' mission |
| 2012-02-21 |
| Two warships that Iran sent last week to the Mediterranean, arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus for a mission of "training" with the Syrian navy, reported Monday an Iranian TV channel. These two ships, the destroyer Naghdi and tanker Kharg , "should participate training with Syrian navy under the agreement [of military cooperation] " between Tehran and Damascus, said the report. It gave no details on the nature of this "training" . However, Egyptian security sources and members of the Syrian opposition are claiming that the two ships docked off the Syrian coast are equipped with "military communications jamming devices that are disrupting communications made by the Syrian opposition via satellite," the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Monday. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #7 If there's an AEGIS cruiser in the eastern Med, their mission is "not being sunk"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-02-21 17:26 |
| #6 In that scenario the Israelis would have to take these ships out very early. Use them for cyber warfare training. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-21 14:54 |
| #5 any Russian spetz cleaning out and loading stuff yet ? Just a thought . |
| Posted by: Grusorong Gravick3995 2012-02-21 11:39 |
| #4 I understand accidents happen in that part of the world all the time. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-02-21 08:30 |
| #3 Interesting thought. In that scenario the Israelis would have to take these ships out very early. No matter how they did it, the Iranians would know something is coming their way. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-02-21 07:44 |
| #2 More liklihood that they are early warning and ADA platforms for Iran to cover one of the air corridors for the upcoming strike. Perhaps the air tanker corridor for the returning strike aircraft. In any case, when the strike comes, they are probably toast. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2012-02-21 01:51 |
| #1 I guess jamming capability is possible on a corvette from the 60's and an oiler from the 80"s. Seems unlikely to me. Why not throw the equipment on a truck and drive it to where it will be used. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2012-02-21 00:30 |