to be mostly ineffective and useless. Especially since Iran has been planning to repulse a US attack for over 35 years. During the invasion of Iraq the "shock and awe" was a dud and the army had to enter sooner then they planned. The problem mwith that scenario is the US military has no humans left to sacrifice in an invasion and Iran's defenses will take out as much as 65% of the aircraft sent to attack it. Any attack on Iran will go terrible bad for the US/Israel very quickly.

#3 - The "cowardly" Israeli's will do what they do best, SURVIVE, then they'll do the next thing they do best - develop the next generation of weapons which the US will use to bolster its military power. #12/26 - You're about clueless when it comes to US sea power aren't you? 20 years ago, I was on a US submarine built in 1968. We did war games with both GB & Australia and wiped the floor with them. What do you think the capabilities are of the submarines we have now? There is no country on the planet with more advanced undersea systems than the US. Whatever your wet dreams are of a US Navy fleet decimated in an hour by Iran, you may as well put the lotion up, zip up your pants, dry the tears from your eyes & get back to reality.

"Experts believe US forces would probably recover quickly from any early losses, but Iranian leaders could claim a psychological victory if the world’s media carried images of burning US warships in the gulf." Well, since the very next images the world's media would carry will be those of the giant craters where Teheran, Qom, Bandar Abbas and Isfahan used to be, I wouldn't see it as much of a victory for the Iranians -- psychological or otherwise.

Well Mark, I personally will be playing hide the baloney with your sister.

please stop talking about that idiot ashton woman. She's a nincompoop to say the least!

cowardly Jews????? hardly and where will you be hiding when it starts? I get the feeling you are ALL MOUTH AND GAITORS!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah...the US is 'concerned' about Irans naval capabilities! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Get real. They'll be roasted in a few hours and never even knew what hit them. AND: they'll never be able to build another warship again. Period.

The U.S. fears again!!!? Like this is a complete surprise, nobody planned on Iran trouble? What a bs article. Now, only now, does the U.S. fear. If the great satan sacrifices men and ships tto justfy war with Iran may God strike obummer dead! Does history repeat itself? Does pearl harbor ring any bells? When and if Israel strikes Iran, do all of these jackasses think American forces will be untouced?

So don't give the ayatollah worshippers targets. Using air and submarine hunter killers, decimate their submarine and floating ship fleets, sweep for mines, before sending the big ships in. The end result is the TOTAL NEUTRALIZATION of the military of another bombastic failed nation!

A 40% loss in oil revenues since the beginning of the year is significant. At the same time Iran continues to fork out funding to terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah as well as Assad's war against his own people. Countries like India, Turkey and China have reduced their dependence on Iranian oil and some countries are afraid to export to Iran for fear Iran can't pay their bills. Epic fail defines the Iranian economy and regime leadership. Expect more sanctions.

had their own Bagdad Bob.

If you disagree with # 8 about Obama and think his is the stupidest post on this thread then he has stolen the prize that rightfully should have gone to you.

to even shoot one missile they will learn quick what retaliation means, the us learned from afgan and iraq that the only way to fight is to overwhel, small bombs here and there drags a war out, just bring out the big stuff right away and end the war and the iran craziness within hours,

Its starts to become shameless how weak and handtame the west became towards a weak enemy country like Iran..now for decades they allow Iran to make fun about the west and let Iran play cat and mouse with them forever..

"US fears major Iranian threat in Persian Gulf ". The Persian Gulf is nowhere near the US. Given the aggressive posturing of Americans towards Iranians in their backyard, plying the little lamb card is ludicrous.

I Quote -' Iran’s increased power to retaliate has led some military experts to question the wisdom of deploying aircraft carriers and other expensive warships to the gulf if a conflict appears imminent. Comment - The Miltary Fool Obamas Military Doctrine will cost the US Dearly. To threath an Enemy Year after Year with a Militay strike, that can only come after all Policymaking has Failed, has in this case given Iran a Decade to prepre for the Strike. Chamberlaining Fools like Obama should not be Precident in the US. God bevere !. Arn.Sweden.

We would put the IRGC and Iranian Navy at the bottom of the gulf. Nice and simple. But it was the US that outed the use of merchant ships off Iran, the position of the Arabs. Dick Cheney always believed that Israel would attack against Iran's nuclear threat. And that there was no support in the US command for US action against Iran. So protect US interest, protect the bases from missile attack, protect the 5th Fleet, prevent the straits being closed and protect the oil fields, other than that boys will be boys. It is the current Administration that made a limited conflict into a regional, possible global conflict. To pressure Israel not to act, Cheney believes regardless they will due to the threat they face from a nuclear Iran.

locate All persian arabs on All these little islands, Then Apply The Principles Of Sun Tzu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When was the last time the ILLEGAL regime in tehran's so-called rag tag navy Engaged another Navy? Especially The GREATEST Navy In The World??? Haze Grey And Underway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shabat Shalom/Baruch Ha Shem

nuke those cities or do you mean something else?

What is the purpose of this article? Emphasizing the deep truth of the Khamenei’s threats against US and Israel? To force us to be scared of the Iran's war capabilities? Or perhaps is it recommending us that an early surrender is the greatest of the victories? If the conclusions are the above read, I think this article is as false and impossible as a one sided coin. I´m fed up with reading and listening the almost infinite menaces that Iran is launching against us, alongside with the almost infinite Western reports about their state of the art war devices, and never, really never, not only to know nothing about the guessing details of our preemptive attack against her nuclear and military facilities, but very specially about the retaliations against each one of the Iran’s possible responses to our attack, because both, in my opinion, are the very core of this psychological war game. Why instead of increasing our fears not to try to feed theirs? Why US and Israel are so reluctant to speak only a few but convincing words about our possibilities to win this war, alongside with a loose mention of our deterrence devices and the possible damages they could cause to the Iran's military, manufacturing and commercial facilities?

i dont understand .government are paid by people they govern. we the people want our government to eliminate the iranian threat NOW or we will change our government ,forcefully if needed.

GOD BLESS YOU SARAH B.and yes we will swiftly and undoubtedly dispose of the iranian terror entity ,their bearded monkeys ,their country will turn into a black hole[like mr hammooodee from london at 28] all of their ships will make good homes for fish at the floor of the persian gulf .our navy is infinitely superior and overwhelming to any other military force on this miserable planet . GOD BLESS ISRAEL AND THE US of A . thank you again SARAH B. much respect .

there will certainly be CONTAINMENT,steve ,they will be contained in a large GLAD trash bag ,which will then be disposed of in the trash dump of history ,once and for all .good day sir .

they will be visiting your mother.

i think it's more like the heads of the bearded monkeys like you number 12that will be under water, in a water boarding interrogation at a US base in the gulf. the ayatollah's beard will be IMMOLATED ,and the rear admiral of the so called ''iranian navy'' will be having his own rear taken care of in a US prison,he will get to be the wife of BIG BUBBA . good day .