Iranian Warships

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It's a SINGLE Light Patrol Frigate and her supply ship...not exactly something to get all hot under the collar over.

It's also there legally, crossed legally and poses no threat unless provoked...ya know, like Israel getting their underwear in a twist and deciding to make it mysteriously disappear.

The United Kingdom built all four ships which were originally armed with nine Sea Cat anti-air missiles and five Sea Killer anti-ship missiles. The Iranian Navy has since replaced these missiles with Chinese equivalents.

Now, if they'd floated a carrier or a battleship out there, Israel would have something to think about...but they don't have anything bigger than their 3 Frigates in working order. Subs would be something to worry about, but one Frigate? Hardly.

Must be a slow news day


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Guess where they just made port?
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE71N2C220110224
TEHRAN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Two Iranian warships have docked in Syria, a military commander said on Thursday, dismissing Israeli condemnations of the manoeuvre as a "provocation".

Coinciding with political turmoil in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world, Iran's decision to send warships close to Israeli territory has rattled politicians in the Jewish state.

The ships arrived on Wednesday night after passing through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, the first Iranian navy vessels to do so since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran's navy commander told reporters the warships were not performing any military exercises but were "on a routine and friendly visit and carry the message of peace and friendship to world countries."

"The Zionist regime had been exaggerating this issue because it wants to create tension among the brotherly relations between countries in the region," Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told state TV.

Israel's Maariv newspaper cited on Wednesday unsourced 'assessments' that the ships were bearing on board advanced weaponry intended for the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

But Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was dismissive of such a possibility.

"It's a provocation. I don't like it. But I don't think that any one of us should be worried by it," Barak said in remarks broadcast on CNN on Thursday.

"If they were bringing rockets or weapons or explosives to Hamas or Hezbollah, we would have probably acted against them. But they are just coming, with weapons on them, but they are coming with cadets, navy cadets, to visit a Syrian port," he added.

Iran's Sayyari said his country had made the decision to send the warships "based on international norms aimed at fostering friendly relations with the regional states and Muslim countries by carrying the message of peace and friendship to those countries," according to state television.

The website of Iran's state Press TV said the Alvand, a 1,500-tonne patrol frigate, armed with torpedoes and anti-ship missiles, and the 33,000-tonne supply vessel Khark were docked at Syria's main port, Latakia.

Egypt's decision to allow the ships through its canal was made under an interim government after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Iran is hoping to restore ties, cut for decades, with Cairo, an U.S. ally which has a peace treaty with Israel.

Analysts say Iran sees itself as benefiting from the upheaval across the Middle East as leaders sympathetic to the United States are unseated or weakened. (Reporting by Reza Derakhshi; Writing by Robin Pomeroy; Editing by Jon Hemming)

Yes...you read that right. They docked in Syria...you know, where Quadaffi is having a field day killing off his populace. Israel breathes a sigh of relief.

"At least they aren't arming Hezbollah or Hamas...no biggie"*punch*
 
It's a SINGLE Light Patrol Frigate and her supply ship...not exactly something to get all hot under the collar over.
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Oh, no, they could never bring along black ops or assorted nasty stuff aboard a frigate. Just couldn't happen.
 
Israelis sink 2 Iranian Warships

What great fun it would be if the Israelis
tried to board them on the return trip!
 
yeah, they could prove to the world that they're no rational than the idiots they call their enemies.
 
Oh, no, they could never bring along black ops or assorted nasty stuff aboard a frigate. Just couldn't happen.

just like they could never put that stuff on a civilian ship either? duh.

you think those guys really have much trouble in trading whatever they want with each other?

but yeah, they'd choose the obvious state military vessel. just so if anything happens, they'll get caught extra red-handed with zero deniability.

hey maybe our black ops undercover guys should start wearing evel knievel type suits since that shit's apparently de rigueur?
 
and i thought americans were bad at geography.

More like speed reading - I got a 94% in school. Nobody's perfect though, eh

Libya Syria
:rofl2: <--laughing at my own error - though in fairness, I've been hearing the world Libya 100+ times per day for a few days now.

It would've made a better story, eh :lurk:
 
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