If Iran plans to occupy any portion of the International Waters, then its ships and assets won't be protected there either! This warning won't be repeated either!

Iranians are especially vulnerable to blockade so they should well keep their false bravado and funny threates to themselves.

Any attack there will be considered an act of war. Are they prepared for a war with the US?

Efforts of U.S. intelligence to find evidence of an active nuclear weapons program in Iran have found nothing.

With such sketchy news limiting any identification other than Iran's empty threats of some US un named 'ghost' ship, it's hard to believe the bluster that surrounds these Iranian lunatics.

13th wacko can appear and make the whole world islumic. Insane people should not run nations, including the US.

The Iranians are far more clever. The Iranians have been planning to take over Saudi Arabia ever since Khomenei. They got lucky when Obama was elected. He was so consumed with his hatred of Israel and the Jews that he spent all his time attacking and delegitimizing Israel, giving the Iranians time to get powerful. He even supported Ahmadinejad's murder of protesters. The Iranians will not attack Saudi Arabia (or anyone) until they have nukes. The purpose of these threats is to make it clear to Obama that if he attacks (like the Saudis are begging), they will block Hormus, oil goes north of $200 and Obama loses any chance of being reelected.

... would be for the carrier -- I believe it was the USS John C. Stennis -- to turn right around and head straight back for the Persian Gulf, with an escort comprising several warships and destroyers. It will be most interesting to see what the Islamic Republic does. My money is on the likelihood that Iran will turn and run like a stripe-assed babboon. The Iranians are so drunk on their own rhetoric that they have lost all touch with reality. Israel has crippled them through cyber warfare, and the United States can cripple them further with considerable ease. The madmen in Iran must be stopped. The only issue is whether the Moslem-in-Chief in the White House has the stones and, quite frankly, I don't believe he does. Besides, defending the interests of the West would be a major diversion from his private agenda. So, as usual, Israel will go it alone. Israel has already done the bulk of the heavy lifting. Natanz, Bushehr, Isfahan, Qum remain non-operational. Billions of dollars were invested by Israel in developing the super-sophisticated computer worms which have crippled all of Iran's computer control systems. One would think that the world COULD show a modicum of gratitude, but I guess that's too much to ask. No matter. You can thank Israel later. What a bunch of cowards.

Had to be the USS John C. Stennis -- named, interestingly enough, for one of the most anti-Semitic former United States senators in history. I believe he was frrom Mississippi, which would explain the anti-Semititsm. It is, however, the flagship carrier of the Fifth Fleet.

which is all that will be left over of their navy if ever these persians dare touch even one millimetre of a fully armed US naval vessel. in other words... the persian ayatollahs are shrieking in the wind.

I mean...do they actually LOOK at history (quite recent history)??? And their 'Navy'??? C'mon!!! They don't HAVE a navy! Its a joke. additionally, the US doesn't even need to BE in the gulf to destroy Iran; the carriers can be anywhere in the region to demolish that cesspool. Its just a matter of weeks now...maybe a month at most, before Iran becomes obliterated. Don't these idiots know why we pulled out of Iraq? Uh, YEAH...to destroy the iranian regime. Which won't be too hard. Amazing how big the Middle Eastern ego is... I don't think anything is quite so large.

tv-set and to stock up on candys and pretzels...

I can think of parties other than the Saudis who have been howling day and night for US forces to go on the assault.

Does the expression "Great Satan" mean anything to you?

If Obama followed Netanyahu's advice, he would have acted against Iran 3 years ago. As Uri Lubrani said, the best would have been to help the revolutionaries overthrow the regime, but Obama preferred to let Ahmadinejad murder them. My guess is Obama wanted Iran to destroy Israel. Be that as it may, it is a critical American interest and nothing to do with Israel to make sure that the Saudi apartheid regime controls the oil and not the Persians. Obama could have saved America, but he failed.

There was a nice little place called Pear Harbor where some American ships were kept. One day Japan thought it would be fun to sink those ships and so sent planes to bomb them. Now America didn't like seeing its little ships sink so they went to war and they finished that war by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan. Monkey's are supposed to be ALMOST as intelligent as humans so please Mr Ahmadinejad be smart and show you have near human intelligence. Don't try and do anything to the American ships otherwise Iran will end up the same way as Japan only difference is whilst it took years to smash Japan it will only take days to smash Iran and they won't even need a nuke to do it.

A carrier transiting the navigable shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz must come within 11 miles of Iran's bases in Larak Island. Iran's SS-N-22 Sunburn missiles which travel at Mach 3 or 2283mph will cover that distance in about 17 seconds. BOOM. Launching a salvo of several missiles simultaneously from different locations will completely overwhelm air defenses. no time for CIWS (close in weapons system) or ECM (electronic counter measures). this is a navy's worst nightmare but a very real threat

it sounds like iran is calling the shots how will us answer

missiles downed in and around Iran nuclear facilities in the near future.

They are like Iraq before the war. We know how that ended. CNN showed yesterday the old planes Iran has from the viatnam era and Uzi guns from the sixtees lol Iran is a joke.

The Iranians will have some problems to start these SS-N-22s after their complete infrastructure has been turned into rubbles.

Let's see Chinese/Russian naves stationed in Gulf of Mexico together witH return of their military bases to Cuba-Wenezuela supported by ABM shield and with some extra nuclear ballistic missles.On top of that let's impose banking sanctions that will paralyze all US international trade, foremost all oil imports to US as an incentive for it to get rid of US nuclear weapons....after all if it is ok for us to do it to Iran it must be also true to do the same to US.Beside, as you have said "Anyone can put their aircraft carriers anywhere in international waters"!

You've heard of someone "going ballistic?" Well Iran is "going Apocalyptic." You can quote me on that.

The USA should putfly its entire fleet of B52. Loaded to the max in nice standby parked formation and make it known to the mullahs. Then have Navy take a nice big turd on Iran threats. That way if even one Iranian shows up with bb gun, five hours after iran's air defenses cease to functionthe should be about the time B52 are flying over Iran's naval ports. They cease to exist. At same time iran is loosing it navy, Qom ceases to exist. Get the fucking picture don't fuck with us we are in no mood