Iran war ships off the U.S coast

[DoobieS13]

just heard about this the other day..

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[jesse_s13]

They are wasting time.

[BustedS13]

not even remotely concerned.

[Edwin562]

they wana play chicken....

[ZenkiKid]

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[SinGarage]

I wouldn't lose sleep over it...

[lflkajfj12123]

bL7atl1em2o

lol'd so hard

[TheWolf]

I'm thinking it may get sunk by some podunk militia group if it gets to close.

[lewisfk]

I can promise u, there is a sub right up under there ass! Go navy!

[chiboy002]

Experts dismiss Iran naval threat to U.S. coast - CNN (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-28/middleeast/world_meast_iran-navy_1_iranian-announcement-iranian-state-news-iran-today?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST)

not single fuck given

[Felipe]

thats the worst thing iran could do... lol we got ninja stealth bomers and pirate ufo's, they got like 3 of gilligans boats lmao

[Brian]

The power of the USA would crush them in a minute.

[dato]

The power of the USA would crush them in a minute.

Then we will be broke and a third world country.

[DrIvEsldEwAyS]

they have warships?

lol

[Brian]

Then we will be broke and a third world country.

No el understand what you mean.

[dato]

No el understand what you mean.

since another war will cost billions. we got no more money.lol. Then china will team up with them and super nuke us. Then we will have even less money to fight and then china will call in all their notes and bonds lol. since that will happen then the world will no longer accept the US dollar as the global currency. since that will happen oil and comodities and many business that depend on other countries, will not be able to support themselves because of rising oil prices! then we really screwed paying 8 bucks a gallon or something along the lines. imagine the caos? fawkkkkkk.... marshall law? lol please forgive my idocy and lack of proffreading

[DS562]

they have warships?

lol

2 outboards with a water balloon slingshot and a box of grenades.

[EvoVIII808]

dont forget the super soaker's, they have those too. mostly for close combat though.

[kandyflip445]

They do have some pretty fast torpedoes. In the end it wouldn't fare well for them though.

[lewisfk]

war does cost, but we have some much arsenal stock piled we can afford to make it rain! Plus there are a few countries that would benefit and would happily send us some cash! Ten years in the Navy serving with the marines war is the new agenda! We also have the military sealift command, that have ships floating around the globe with capabilities to supply the materials need to rage war and accomplish the mission!

[EsChassisLove]

Let's say they do get here, right? Right.

Now, they get REALLY ballsy and launch some artillery at some beach in Virginia or some shit.

Well, sucks for whoevers on the beach that day, but hey immediately after that those ships are getting wiped off the face of the planet by the already hundreds to thousands of weapons pointed at them.

But wait, said ships just hit our coast with some artillery. Thats anywhere between 0-100+ people dead or injured. Assuming those guys know how to aim a gun :P

Why?

Because no one thought it was a big deal.


Will this happen? No :P hehe

[BustedS13]

we got ninja stealth bomers

we got no more money.comodities and many business imagine the caos? fawkkkkkk.... marshall law? lol please forgive my idocy and lack of proffreadingsuper soaker's

whoevers Thats anywhereI can promise u, there is a sub right up under there ass! Go navy!

wana


maybe somebody should just fucking nuke us already. USA USA USA USA USA

[Brian]

lol Busted. :)

[Prime]

Iran is going to attack us? They don't seem to realize how large of a mistake that would be... Fighting terrorist cells inside of cities full of civilians is very different from fighting an organized military with hard targets filled with enemy combatants. I imagine if Iran sends anything this way they'll have a new tourist attraction: "The Gorgeous Glass Ground of Tehran."

[DoobieS13]

i think they got there ships from Russia,along with these missiles that can take out big ships from a good distance. but like you all are saying, there pretty much bringing fist to a gun fight. we could prolly launch missiles off our shore and take them out. id kinda like to see this happen. i want to see how bad ass our military technology is.

[Arsenal240sx]

i think they got there ships from Russia,along with these missiles that can take out big ships from a good distance. but like you all are saying, there pretty much bringing fist to a gun fight. we could prolly launch missiles off our shore and take them out. id kinda like to see this happen. i want to see how bad ass our military technology is.

Here you go. :)
Amazing view of an anti-ship missile test. [VIDEO] (http://www.wimp.com/missiletest/)

[Otto347]

Its kind of ironic that people are saying "big bad USA" when we have been crippled by some Muslims living in dirt caves.....................

[DS562]

holy shit, arsenal! that was badass

[lewisfk]

Hearts and minds, we haven't unleashed on any country since world war ll. If your a student of war you would know we are playing the political game. We want the resources there and that's all it is to it. I would love to see the us navy unleash its might but we couldn't controll the civilian death toll. Think if we parked every aircraft carrier, guided missle destroyer, and a few subs as close as possible to Iran, they would shit themselves! Fucking caves are u serious.

[SimpleS14]

Let's say they do get here, right? Right.

Now, they get REALLY ballsy and launch some artillery at some beach in Virginia or some shit.

Well, sucks for whoevers on the beach that day, but hey immediately after that those ships are getting wiped off the face of the planet by the already hundreds to thousands of weapons pointed at them.

But wait, said ships just hit our coast with some artillery. Thats anywhere between 0-100+ people dead or injured. Assuming those guys know how to aim a gun :P

Why?

Because no one thought it was a big deal.


Will this happen? No :P hehe

lol yea, that would never happen. Some one correct me here if I'm wrong, but the largest Naval base is in Norfolk/VA Beach region. An attack over there...and it's game over for those Iran vessels.



Now what could happen are some "war exercises" in international waters.

[omgRWDgoodness!]

Stop deleting my posts, kthx.

[BustedS13]

Stop deleting my posts, kthx.

citizen, pick up that can

[kandyflip445]

lol yea, that would never happen. Some one correct me here if I'm wrong, but the largest Naval base is in Norfolk/VA Beach region. An attack over there...and it's game over for those Iran vessels.



Now what could happen are some "war exercises" in international waters.

Yep, Norfolk is HUGE. They would get wrecked. Also, if they did send boats or ships to sit out in international waters off our territory, we would be tracking them LONG before they were in range to launch anything.

Seems to me to just be some goading. It doesn't take a genius to see that Americans think highly of our military. Maybe they want to provoke us and start something. Who knows?

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if they're looking to show military might of their naval fleet, they're just asking to be sunk. we still have the strongest military force in the world not to mention also one of the strongest defenses. i guess they just want to become an artificial reef.

[SinGarage]

Actually, our military is the only thing keeping us from a being the world leading country. If that goes out the door...were kinda screwed.

[One_love_silvia]

Actually, our military is the only thing keeping us from a being the world leading country. If that goes out the door...were kinda screwed.

lolwut? did i read that wrong?

our military is the only thing keeping us from being a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

do u even know how much in debt we are?

here u go U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time (http://www.usdebtclock.org/)


china basically owns us. literally. i guessing the only reason they havent taken us over is because of the fear of war. they don't wanna fight us or our allies.

[SinGarage]

Ooops. I meant our military is the only thing keeping us as a world leader. Too tired at work.

[BustedS13]

lolwut? did i read that wrong?

our military is the only thing keeping us from being a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

do u even know how much in debt we are?

here u go U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time (http://www.usdebtclock.org/)


china basically owns us. literally. i guessing the only reason they havent taken us over is because of the fear of war. they don't wanna fight us or our allies.

The way I see it, our military is pushing us towards becoming a third world country.

[Hywarp161]

The way I see it, our military is pushing us towards becoming a third world country.
it is a catch 22, Yes without the military there would be alot more money, but it doubt it would be in dollars anymore.

[One_love_silvia]

The way I see it, our military is pushing us towards becoming a third world country.

time to get some glasses :D

but seriously. im not supporting war and i never have. i hate war as any decent human being should. what i simply meant was, our military is a force to be reckoned with, and thats why china and other places dont mess with us. (tho some do obviously. derp.)

however, i wouldnt blame it on the military itself. imo, the military is like a big ass spartan shield. its scary and strong, so u dont wana even try fucking with it. because if u do, u know it can be used as a weapon as well.

thats the best i can convey my view lol

[RB180sxChris]

Its kind of ironic that people are saying "big bad USA" when we have been crippled by some Muslims living in dirt caves.....................

this is sadly true lol

[Matej]

If China along with the countries that are keeping US afloat stop sending money, there will be nothing to pay for the military. The enormous military upkeep costs are among the main debt causes in the first place. If they wanted to take over, they could just cut US off and wait a decade.

As for this silly Iran thing, if they really tried anything, it would be a great excuse for everyone to gang up on Iran and get rid of it. Most of the world is sick of Iran and the Middle East in general.

[Toi]

Navy isn't to worried about some Russian developed anti ship missles........Phalanx and Goalkeeper are more than capable of destroying them before they hit the ship.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Shit, the news is worried about the Iranian Navy while the Chinese Navy have had a blue water navy for over 15 yrs now. See if you can find the Popular Mechanic article how China has modified ICBMs that can take out our carriers and have nearly undetectable diesel subs that can pop up next to our carriers undetected. Add a bootleg F-22 Stealth fighter into the fix and fuck you Taiwan, China can shit on you all they want. And we're still worried about Iran?!?!

[Toi]

Come on man that shit will work once, then the pilots will die quickly of accelerated cancer, the subs will sink from leaks because of low level materials and their electronics will fry themselves...Haven't you ever owned anything from China???



LOL cracking a joke or two!!

[fliprayzin240sx]

Shit, over 2Billion people, how many pilots do you think they have and how much money do you think they have that they can punch out all these weapons. China has been investing more money into their military in the last 10 yrs, as much money the US was investing during the Cold War. Personally, I think they're covering their ass in case we decide to clear our debt by going to war with them.

[Farzam]

I hate the Iranian gov't. They just make me look even stupider -.- Unfortunately the country is run by dickheads, but the people there are actually pretty damn cool. I used to visit family there when I was younger. I'd go around and people would ask where i'm from as I don't look familiar, and I was an instant rockstar cause I was American. The currency exchange rate is extremely beneficial as well, and there is amazing scenery.

[SecretS13]

lol yea, that would never happen. Some one correct me here if I'm wrong, but the largest Naval base is in Norfolk/VA Beach region. An attack over there...and it's game over for those Iran vessels.



Now what could happen are some "war exercises" in international waters.
this is tru my brother is station there, but is currently out on his ship over by scottland, havent heard anything really about this from him so it must not be that big of a deal

[ch1873857]

Im in afghanistan right now. the ham,egg, and cheese sandwhich and cup of coffee i had this morning for breakfast cost the United States Government $35. The bag of laundry i just turned it (bc we dont have self serve) cost $26. but dont worry i buy my own sub 56k internet for 90 bucks a month. nothing makes sense. that money doesnt even go back into a US Government Contractor. it goes to a French Contractor. the internet - and Indian Contractor

[HalveBlue]

This is a show of force by Iran. Obviously the Iranian navy doesn't come anywhere close to being a real military threat to the US Navy.

But that's not the point. Cruising their ships over to the Eastern Seaboard means that Iranian vessels are capable of extended operations.

Not really a CONUS threat, however if Iran decided to park some of their ships in the Gulf of Oman or the Suez Canal, it could certainly restrict and disrupt the movement of a lot of cargo...

[Walperstyle]

Any of you ever consider trying to get them to Defect?

[WanganRunner]

The Iranian navy is not nuclear and thus needs fuel resupply in order to operate far from home for extended periods. This would be either expensive or impossible, depending on their logistical infrastructure.

Also, they've got ships with high seas interdiction capabilities, destroyers and such, but nothing that can project power onto land beyond perhaps a cruise missile (and an aged one, if any). Certainly no aircraft carriers, so all they can do is steam around and circle jerk. I suppose they could try to interefere with commercial traffic, but this would be inadvisable, to say the least.

It's an idiotic statement, Ahmadinejad is just trying to make himself look strong to his electorate. It isn't a serious military development by any stretch.

Frankly, if this actually occurred (unlikely) and I was an Iranian on one of those ships, I'd be scared shitless. They'd be *naked* out there, exposed to half a dozen means of annihilation, and at the beck and call of a madman who doesn't particularly value their lives. Honestly, if the ships WERE ordered here, I don't think that mass defection would be all that unlikely.

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[Walperstyle]

America, what leader of Iran do you hate, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei ?

Iran is possibly one of the better Middle east countries. Something like 65% of the people in University are Women. Its not the Taliban.

[kingkilburn]

After reading this thread I can see that people truly don't understand how China does what it does.

Their money comes from manufacturing goods. They keep a highly favorable balance of trade by having low wages. They keep the wages low by devaluing their own currency. They essentially use US bonds to pay their bills.

Now why on earth would they cash in those bonds(making their goods to expensive) or worse yet attack us(we would never honor bonds and loans from an enemy nation)? That absolutely ruins the place they have carved out for themselves.


You want to stick it to China? STOP BUYING FROM THEM.

[Walperstyle]

^good point. What does this have to do with Iran?