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Iran test-fires 4 missiles made to hit warships
2012-09-26
These guys are getting to be as boring as the North Koreans...
Iran has test-fired four missiles designed to hit warships during a drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military commander said.

The missiles were fired simultaneously and hit a "big target" the size of a warship, sinking it within 50 seconds, Gen. Ali Fadavi of the powerful Revolutionary Guard was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.

The Fars report late on Monday was the first indication of an Iranian military exercise taking place simultaneously and close to US-led joint naval manoeuvres in the Arabian Gulf, including mine-sweeping drills, which got under way last week. Fadavi did not elaborate on the ongoing Iranian exercise or the type of missiles fired but said the Guard is planning a "massive naval manoeuvre in the near future" in the strait.

On Sunday, a senior Guard commander warned that Iran would target United States bases in the region in the event of war with Israel. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, claimed no Israeli attack can happen without the support of its most important ally, the United States, making all Unites States military bases a legitimate target.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Love the photoshop pic.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-09-26 16:54  

#2  Did they draw the target circles before the missiles hit, or after?
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-09-26 13:53  

#1  Iff Iran does follow through wid its hallowed "Japan/Egypt" Model, where Weaps-grade NucMats will be stockpiled + stored only for use in times of national mil crisis, then by definition in the interim Iran must hope to ally itself to already Nuke-armed Muslim states, e.g. PAKISTAN [Other?], besides of course Russia + China.

Until such time that Iran does dev its own potent arsenal, Conventional or Nuclear, PAKISTAN'S, etc. LRBMS + RUSSIA, CHINA is its realistic defense agz the US in the Gulf.

* XINHUA > IRAN SAYS WW3 MAY ERUPT IFF ATTACKED.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN'S SUPREME GUIDE [Supreme Ldr = Ayatollah Khameini] ORDERS IRGC + QUDS FORCE TO FOCUS ON NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

Middle East + Muslim States,Peoples first, Africa + Latin America, etc. can come later.

Move along, people, clearly no OWG Caliphate, OWG Ummah, or Islamic Superpower agenda here.

* SAME > ISRAELI LOBBYIST HINTS NEW "PEARL HARBOR" [PH-style attack agz us] MAY BE NEEDED TO GET US INTO WAR WID IRAN.

ARTIC > LOBBYIST = denotes that ...
- IRAN IS NOT LIKELY TO GO TO WAR = INITIATE WAR.
- POTUS OBAMA Admin simil unlikely to invol US in any post-NucProg strike ISRAEL-IRAN WAR.
- US INTERESTS IS BEST SERVED VIA THE WAY IT HISTORICALLY GETS INVOLVED IN WARS, i.e. sudden or surprise Mil Incident or major attack by a foreign power.

[WW3: DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA, WHITE RABBIT- THEME FROM "PLATOON" here].

* SAME > [Pravda] RUSSIA TO LIBERATE WORLD FROM US OCCUPATION.

SEND THE MESSAGE TO GORBACHEV - TORA!TORA!TORA!

And once again, Virgina, we learn why naked Babes wid Divine Swords should never be allowed to live under lakes - ITS SHARIA, D *** NG IT, ITS SHARIA!

Either that, or never allow VLAD near any Siberian Cranes evar! again.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-09-26 01:24  

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