Got iodine pills?
Got iodine pills?
latest on the Yemen situation - Iran has moved a small naval flotilla into that coastal area to oppose the two US destroyers .... the three radar sites destroyed were Iranian operated for the rebel forces - could be a checkmate move by the Iranians
I'm worried about a sqeeze play between several shore batteries and those ships - the missiles used so far were very simple and coming only in single volley - Iran also has some good diesel subs that could manage that deployment - coordinated attack from 3-4 directions with uber fast surface scrapers won't bode well ....
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer is capable of handling multiple threats quite easily with a trained crew. Iranian diesel subs aren't really much of a threat in the gulf environment. Fast skimmers with missiles would pose more of a problem then anything else, except aircraft. A well coordinated multi-element attack would pose a problem, but if our ships worked in concert with each other, it would provide a strong defense and counterattack to anything the Iranian's could muster.
"There are no winners in war, only bigger losers"
If you see me or hear me coming, I'm not doing my job.
I am sure our Muslim-In-Chief believes we need to take time to UNDERSTAND those dirtbags.
This is what we have become. How much of this has been heard on mainstream media? Nope, the lamestream media is spending 99% of its hot air on accusations about Trump.
I mean, overall we have become a pussy nation. Our colleges and universities now have "safe places" where "bad words won't hurt?"
Cold-War leftover diesel subs would make excellent practice for a Los Angeles -class fast-attack... help clean out some of the older conventional torpedo stocks out. Might even be able to deal with some of the speedboats, if not their mother-ship.
Right about now the Nitze and the Mason are weapons-ready or should be... not wanting to be a next-generation Cole. Every man-o'warsman commander wants a piece of these dregs, and right now... and I for one do not blame them.
Alas, the military is, for now, being run by a bunch of damned wimps, compliments of the former junior senator from Illinois.
RHL3 said it properly years ago: The purpose of a military, at the most basic, is to kill people and break things. Them jokers wanted to kill US sailors by firing missiles at their vessel. That they get fired back on is no more than just, and taking out the radar sites that were used to guide the damn missiles in the first place is also likewise just.
Iran, though...I would not be surprised if a massive "industrial accident" occurs just before they reach a point to be able to make nukes.
more missile attacks today from Yemen on US Navy assets - no details posted except no hits and no return fire ... AGAIN
Whatever happened to return fire if fired upon????
If it is predictable then it is preventable....... Gordon Graham
So if it is predictable and preventable then you better prepare.
We wouldn't want to possibly harm any innocent civilians, would be the administrations answer to why we aren't firing back immediately. I say shoot back first, ask permission after the fact.
"There are no winners in war, only bigger losers"
If you see me or hear me coming, I'm not doing my job.
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