[tanknut]

Iran sends six warships to international waters

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Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday.

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Iran said on May 14 it had sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect oil tankers from the world's fifth-largest crude exporter against attacks by pirates but ISNA did not make clear whether they were among the six Sayyari talked about.

Iranian waters stretch along the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman. Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 40 percent of the world's traded oil is shipped, if it were attacked over its nuclear programme.

coincidence?

Iran's Ahmadinejad rejects Western nuclear proposal

coincidence2?

Yemen Accuses Iran of Meddling in its Internal Affairs

So we are looking at a total of 8 naval vessels, 6 now and 2 a few weeks earlier...

Iran Sends 6 Warships to International Waters in 'Saber Rattling' Move

Does anyone know what naval assets Iran deployed, frigates, corvettes, Fast attack vessels, patrol boats?

This post has been edited by tanknut: 26 May 2009 - 2112 PM

[Luke Y]

Dog & pony for the election, nothing to see here folks...

[shep854]

Reminds me of an old saying about a "short, exciting life"... ;)

[Gunguy]

Your forgetting the 20 Stealth ships from Iran..........

[Luke Y]

Gunguy, on Thu 28 May 2009 1101, said:

Your forgetting the 20 Stealth ships from Iran..........

And Stealth subs...

And Stealth torpedoes...

And Stealth F-5's

And Stealth squirrels with lasers attached to their fricken heads...

This post has been edited by Luke_Yaxley: 27 May 2009 - 2148 PM

[Tuccy]

Luke_Yaxley, on Thu 28 May 2009 0425, said:

And Stealth squirrels with lasers attached to their fricken heads...

I thought the squirrels were Zionist spies, no?

[Luke Y]

Tuccy, on Thu 28 May 2009 1311, said:

I thought the squirrels were Zionist spies, no?

Double Agents. :P

[Gunguy]

Luke, the force is strong with you! You remembered all of the "Stealth" systems that Iran has. I wondered if my hint was going to spark some memories. You win in the Iranian, "name that stealth weapon" contest! :P :P :P

[tanknut]

Hey, Wiki says Iran has a home-built Destroyer and Iranian built Frigate as well in service. has anyone ever seen these ships before?

Iranian Navy

Do they still have the 2 American Allen M. Sumner class destroyers and British Battle class destroyer in service?

[Charles]

tanknut, on Fri 29 May 2009 0215, said:

Hey, Wiki says Iran has a home-built Destroyer and Iranian built Frigate as well in service. has anyone ever seen these ships before?

Iranian Navy

Do they still have the 2 American Allen M. Sumner class destroyers and British Battle class destroyer in service?

As mentioned in Wiki, no longer in service (one may take as much salt with that as one may wish).

Should they be stupid enough to cause grief, then a repeat of the 1980's will ensue. The most they could do is to lay mines in certain areas.

This is a Political ploy for those at home. Nothing more.

Charles

[tanknut]

Apparently at least one of the ships deployed there is a British-made Vosper Mark V frigate.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/IS_Sahand_(F-74)_1977.jpg/300px-IS_Sahand_(F-74)_1977.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okE2fz_Pef8/SbLI8ePnKyI/AAAAAAAABYc/4_Igl6M3piE/s400/alborz.jpeg

[crazyinsane105]

The only asset they have are the three Kilo submarines they bought from the Russians back in the 90s. I read in some reports that they upgraded it to fire supersonic anti-ship missiles, but I doubt that is the case though.

[Luke Y]

crazyinsane105, on Sun 31 May 2009 0846, said:

The only asset they have are the three Kilo submarines they bought from the Russians back in the 90s. I read in some reports that they upgraded it to fire supersonic anti-ship missiles, but I doubt that is the case though.

For all the jokes we make about the 'Stealth Subs' they do pose a not-inconsiderable risk to ships transiting the gulf, for the simple reason they are there and could very easily sink several ships before they were wiped off the map and divert resources away from the Kilos...