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| Iran to equip Gulf ships with missiles |
| 2012-06-30 |
| DUBAI: Iran expects to equip its ships in the Strait of Hormuz soon with shorter-range missiles, a Revolutionary Guards commander was quoted as saying, in the latest apparent warning to the West not to attack it over its disputed nuclear program. The Islamic Republic has threatened to shut the Strait, the conduit out of the Gulf for 40 percent of the world’s seaborne oil trade, if Western sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear works block its own crude exports. The European Union plans to impose a total embargo on Iranian oil from tomorrow and has told Tehran that more punitive steps could follow if it keeps defying UN demands for limits nuclear activity that could be of use in developing bombs. “We have already equipped our vessels with missiles with a range of 220 km and we hope to introduce missiles with a range of over 300 km soon,” Ali Fadavi said, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported yesterday. “We could target from our shores all areas in the Gulf region, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.” Iran is about 225 km at its nearest point from Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, and about 1,000 km from its arch-enemy Israel. Tehran’s longest-range missile, the Sajjil-2, can fly up to 2,400 km. Iran’s military and security establishment often asserts its strength in the region, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil transit channel carrying supplies from Gulf producers to the West. But it has increasingly flexed its military muscle in the face of US and Israeli warnings that last-resort military action against Iran cannot be ruled out if diplomacy and sanctions fail to resolve the nuclear dispute. In January, Tehran said it had successfully test-fired what it called two long-range missiles. Earlier this month, the Iranian Navy announced plans to build more warships and increase its presence in international waters such as the Gulf of Aden and northern Indian Ocean. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 FREEREPUBLIC, DRUDGEREPORT > [Deputy Chief of IRGC Gen. Hossein Salami] IRAN: THERE WILL BE WAR [very] SOON ... AND [by Allah]WE WILL WIN. ARTIC > Gen. Salami also sezzes ... > Iran has "complete control" of all its Enemies' interests around the World, + is a path to reach equivalency wid World Powers. HHHHHMMMMM - iff true, gotta wonder how Iran pulled it off? > Iran's defense inventory is so great that at times the IRGC are restricted only by the "limitations of Space". Vewry Intehwesting comments. The USDOD is expanding the USN Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain, which IMO infers that, in the absence of anti-US Regime Change in same, they are aware that Bahrain will Target #1 during a US-Iran shooting war in the Persian Gulf per se. DITTO AS PER USDOD MULLING FOR THE US PRESENCE IN KUWAIT [MilTechs/MilSys, notsomuch Troops], WID KUWAIT AKA TARGET #2 IN THE PERSIAN GULF THEATER. In addition, Iran appears to be overly confident they can close the Strait of Hormuz + limit the US CVNS, Gator Boyz + Allied to the Sea of Oman/Arabian Gulf + beyond. * TOPIX > COMBINED MARITIME FORCES: US's GLOBAL NAVAL FORCE IN THE ARABIAN GULF. All but one are either US-NATO per se, or else Partner or in working Mutual Cooperation wid NATO. Iran's gotta know they may be shooting at Muslim Navies, not just the US-NATO. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-30 22:59 |
| #3 If un-fired, they're just a gift to the "Pirates". If you can't guarantee they're used as needed (Fired AT the pirate), that's just a huge waste. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-06-30 06:41 |
| #2 WAFF > SAUDI FORCES [Armored-Mech] MASS ON JORDANIAN, IRAQI BORDERS; TURKEY + SYRIA REINFORCE STRENGTH. * SAME > ASSAD SAYS SYRIA MUST SHOW ITS LOYALTY TO IRAN. * SAME > [PressTV] TIME FOR "REGIME CHANGE" IN USA. * CHINA DAILY FORUM > BBC: MCCAIN: NATO SHOULD IGNORE UNSC ON SYRIA. * TOPIX > ROMNEY > BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB IRAN. * SAME [old = rehash] > [Wash Times] HENRIKSEN: TIME FOR US TO RATTLE SABER, TALKS IN MOSCOW SHOULD BE BACKED UP WID STEELY FORCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-30 01:11 |
| #1 See also WAFF > CLINTON: IRAN WANTS TO BE ATATCKED, in order to legitimize the Mullah Regime + unify disgruntled elements widin Iranian Govt-Society. and * WORLD NEWS > IRAN MAY USE STRAITS OF HORMUZ AS "LEVER" IFF INTERESTS IN DANGER: COMMANDER. * TOPIX. WORLD NEWS > IRAN PROTESTS US SUPPORT FOR UAE ON DISPUTED GULF ISLAND. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-30 00:38 |