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2007-06-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by 2007-06-21 09:45|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Pull the trigger. Preferably full auto...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-06-21 15:58|| 2007-06-21 15:58|| Front Page Top

#2 That apparently originates from Russia. The same source that said when the Stennis arrived that we would be attacking Iran.

I see an identical report here

Unless I see it confirmed by some Western agency, it is probably crap, like 99% of DEBKA's reports.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-06-21 16:03|| 2007-06-21 16:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Also, there are only two carriers in the gulf, not three so E won't be the "fourth", it would be a third if in fact it is actually true.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-06-21 16:06|| 2007-06-21 16:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, if any of the Wasp class LHAs are present, they would count as another carrier - at least in any other navy than the US Navy. Marine LHAs now are heavier and carry more aircraft than almost any other country's carrier(s). It is becoming a standing joke that the 2 largest carrier fleets in the world are the US Navy and US Marine Corps.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-06-21 17:39|| 2007-06-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Enterprise En-Route To Gulf

Full photon torpedoes wide spread , Scotty.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-21 17:56|| 2007-06-21 17:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Most other countries do count our LHAs as carriers. IIRC they show up that way in NATO stats (I think, it's been a while since I looked at those).

Posted by occasional observer 2007-06-21 18:05|| 2007-06-21 18:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Marine LHAs now are heavier and carry more aircraft than almost any other country's carrier(s).

Why does that perform such a distinct cockle-warming function for me? Properly equipped, I'd like to think that one of our LHAs could take down an escorted Russian carrier.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-21 18:23|| 2007-06-21 18:23|| Front Page Top

#8 My grandfather helped build the Enterprise - I was there for the christening as a little kid. That ship is closing in on 50 years of service.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-21 18:57|| 2007-06-21 18:57|| Front Page Top

#9 The USS ENTERPRISE was the Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and from 1961 to 1972 she was the biggest warship in the world.

General Characteristics: Keel Laid: Februar 4, 1958
Launched: September 24, 1960
Commissioned: November 25, 1961
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: eight nuclear reactors
Propellers: four
Blades on each Propeller: five
Aircraft elevators: four
Catapults: four
Arresting gear cables: four
Lenght, overall: 1,123 feet (342.3 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 257 feet (78.4 meters)
Area of flight deck: about 4,5 acres (18211.5 m2)
Beam: 132.8 feet (40.5 meters)
Draft: 39 feet (11.9 meters)
Displacement: approx. 93,500 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Planes: approx. 85
Crew: Ship: 3,200 ; Air Wing: 2,480
Armament: three Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
Homeport: Norfolk, Va.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-06-21 19:14|| 2007-06-21 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 So the Enterprise has Marine VMFA 251 aboard. That's funny they were deployed at Al Asad, Iraq last fall.

Did they come home to Beaufort SC and then re-deploy on the Enterprise.

Maybe some planes are hitching a ride to join there unit in Iraq?

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-06-21 19:25|| 2007-06-21 19:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Arms and the man I sing...but do they have the will?

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-06-21 21:31|| 2007-06-21 21:31|| Front Page Top

#12 And what 4 reactors?

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-21 23:42|| 2007-06-21 23:42|| Front Page Top

#13 No! 2 reactors per shaft.... 4 shafts. Umm... lotta reactors, weren't too advanced then.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-21 23:44|| 2007-06-21 23:44|| Front Page Top

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