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| The Grand Turk | |
| Israelis held in Istanbul airport | |
| 2011-09-05 | |
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| Posted by:Elmomogum Thrimble1812 |
| #9 True, but Turkey, even with a purged military, isn't like Uganda led by Adi Amin. |
| Posted by: kcs 2011-09-05 21:52 |
| #8 Holding Israelis at an airport didn't end too well for the holders the last time around. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-09-05 21:09 |
| #7 #6 One nightmare scenario back in the old Soviet Union days was a sub dropping off sea mines in the Straits of Bosphorus. No reason the Israelis couldn't do the same. Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-09-05 20:43 If the Israelis are smart, they have a few of the old Soviet mines in reserve for this purpose.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2011-09-05 20:52 |
| #6 One nightmare scenario back in the old Soviet Union days was a sub dropping off sea mines in the Straits of Bosphorus. No reason the Israelis couldn't do the same. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-09-05 20:43 |
| #5 well, one side is purging Officer classes for fake coups (really non-Islamist agenda) and teh other is preparing for a conflagration from teh Islam Spring/Summer/Fall. I'd take teh Juice on teh over/under. We need to quit training with/ arming/ basing in Turkey |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-05 18:38 |
| #4 I wonder how you say "Dolphin class submarine" in Turkish? Wikipedia: The Turkish Navy has 14 non-nuclear German-designed Type 209 submarines,[19] which were built in Germany and Turkey. In the early 1970s, the Turkish Navy ordered six Atılay class (Type 209/1200) submarines, which were laid down between 1974 and 1988, and commissioned between 1976 and 1990, as Atılay (S-347) (1976), Saldıray (S-348) (1977), Batıray (S-349) (1978), Yıldıray-II (S-350) (1981), Doğanay (S-351) (1984) and Dolunay (S-352) (1989). They were followed by the four Preveze class (Type 209T1/1400) submarines which were laid down between 1993 and 1998, and commissioned between 1994 and 1999, as Preveze (S-353) (1994), Sakarya (S-354) (1995), 18 Mart (S-355) (1998) and Anafartalar (S-356) (1999). The last four submarines, classified as the Gür class (Type 209T2/1400) were laid down between 2002 and 2006, and commissioned as Gür (S-357) (2003), Çanakkale (S-358) (2005), Burakreis (S-359) (2006) and II. İnönü (S-360) (2007). At present, the Turkish Navy operates the largest fleet of German-designed submarines in the world. Which nation do you think is more dependent on sea commerce? |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-05 17:24 |
| #3 War and rumors of war. The game in the Med should be interesting. I wonder how you say "Dolphin class submarine" in Turkish? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-05 17:12 |
| #2 According to the Jerusalem Post, there is no record of the incident the Turkish passengers claimed at Ben Gurion airport. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-09-05 16:11 |
| #1 This does sound a lot like mutual harassment prior to belligerent acts. With Turkish warships enroute to the Mediterranean, specifically to rub shoulders with the Israeli Navy and Cyprus. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-09-05 15:46 |