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2023-05-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran converting merchant ships into ‘floating terror bases,’ defense minister reveals
[IsraelTimes] Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
is converting merchant ships to military vessels armed with drones, missile systems and advanced tools for intelligence gathering, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reveals at the Herzliya Conference.

Gallant argues that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are trying to build "floating terror bases."

This is a "worrying, pirate-like policy," he says at a conference hosted by the Institute for Policy and Strategy of Reichman University in Herzliya.

"Iran is conducting itself like a collection of criminal organizations and not like a modern state," he adds. "The floating terror bases are an extension of Iran’s ongoing maritime terrorism, as seen in its actions in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. Iran aims to expand its reach to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and even the shores of the Mediterranean.

"This is a structured plan designed to threaten trade and flight routes — both military and civilian — and to create a permanent threat in the maritime arena," Gallant charges.

"The way to confront Iranian terrorism in the air, at sea, and on land is through international cooperation and the creation of coalitions."
Posted by trailing wife 2023-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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#1 "Unrestricted submarine warfare" has a nice ring to it.
Posted by EMS Artifact 2023-05-23 08:14||   2023-05-23 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Future reefs
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-23 09:11||   2023-05-23 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 It will add 15 minutes to the naval battle.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-23 09:28||   2023-05-23 09:28|| Front Page Top

#4 I see a great tagline: "The terror begins when the floating stops."
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-23 09:34||   2023-05-23 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Crap; suppose this means the price of plywood goes up again.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-23 12:29||   2023-05-23 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 We did it once. We could do it again: Operation Mantis 2.0
Posted by mossomo 2023-05-23 12:31||   2023-05-23 12:31|| Front Page Top

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