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| Iranian speed boats harassed US Navy ships | |
| 2012-01-14 | |
 The U.S. Navy revealed that two U.S. ships in and near the Gulf were harassed by Iranian speedboats last week.Navy officials said that in separate incidents on January 6, three Iranian speedboats -- each armed with a mounted gun -- briefly chased after a U.S. Navy ship just outside the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in the northern Gulf. No shots were fired and the speedboats backed off.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #17 OS, a short burst from the 20mm CIWS should give the speed boats something to think about. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-01-14 20:51 |
| #16 I never get tired of watching (listening to) the video from Operation Praying Mantis: http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/vid-prayingmantis I love the lines. "This is a warning. Stop, and abandon ship. I intend to sink you." Those must be wonderful words for the Captain of a US warship to deliver. Now - 2012 - we are approaching end game. Let the good times roll! |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2012-01-14 20:27 |
| #15 The event to remember is the Vincennes. At the time of the Airbus shootdown Vincennes was conducting operations against Iranian gunboats. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2012-01-14 19:43 |
| #14 hellfire? Overkill. one of a destroyer's deck guns is plenty. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-01-14 15:44 |
| #13 Roman armies used to stop charging war horses with sharp pointed jacks on the the ground.... Mines don't work as well with small craft but.... perhaps submerged lasers with aiming mirrors on floats? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-01-14 15:23 |
| #12 Nope - not fit to toss Joe's salad |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-14 14:31 |
| #11 Joe's cousin? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-01-14 14:27 |
| #10 Goes With The Territory ! Have Bullhorn USAGE For US NAVY And Suggest : Having : Germany Develop : Glass Lined Aluminium Nuclear Reactors For Peace : ALLAH O Akbar ! |
| Posted by: Bill Thriling7610 2012-01-14 14:26 |
| #9 They should chum the water with bait, then sink the boats and film the crews being eaten. That would be amusing. Have the crews point and laugh during the feast. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2012-01-14 14:16 |
| #8 Most of this has been happening all along. Its a normal thing to cross paths with Iranian speedboats no matter when it is in that narrow straight. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-01-14 14:09 |
| #7 This will go on for 8 months. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-01-14 13:30 |
| #6 it's all fun and games til someone loses |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-14 13:12 |
| #5 I believe one Hellfire from a drone will take out one of those boats, if it doesn't fly straight through it. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-01-14 12:52 |
| #4 Not so funny if you remember the Cole. Same 'cry wolf' effect. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2012-01-14 11:55 |
| #3 If/when this happens again, call a bunch of sailors to the deck and film them pointing and laughing at the Iranians. (Rehearse first.A) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-14 11:54 |
| #2 I'm a solution: post the pissing marines aboard these navy ships. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-14 11:21 |
| #1 Taking lessons from Greenpeace vs. Japanese whaling fleet? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2012-01-14 10:14 |