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Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships
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Published: 25.09.12, 10:54
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1. Drills until mid-2013
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (09.25.12)
Iran should be well on it's knees by then.
2. Who will wager? ALL Iran's navy sunk in 1 afternoon
NudNik69 ,   Ground Zero Tehran   (09.25.12)
Oh yes, we know how good the Iranians are - they keep telling us. When the shooting starts its for real - big words wont match up with what these amateurs have. The US simply cannot allow any of their military to survive. They are finished.
3. ridiculous
A Pernat ,   Paris   (09.25.12)
Iran present every day a new "Wunderwaffe" it is just laughable and comical
4. Do these mad mullahs really believe
The Eagle has Landed   (09.25.12)
that their missie systems will remain standing after the initial hit? Their radars will be spoofed, the power source to run the missiles will be cut, and their command and control will be rubble. A lot of good these missiles will do then.
5. Wow Wee the persian arabs Have The Koolist
(09.25.12)
New toys; brand new homemade, anti-air missiles, super duper drones, and just think they can sink a boat In Just 50 Seconds! Wow Wee?
6. Iranian dreams
MICHEL ,   ASHKELON   (09.25.12)
They must believe that they are going to confront fishing boats.
7. These are no empty threats
Tim ,   Brighton   (09.25.12)
These are the ever louder fanatical drumbeats of war toward a full seizure of Hormuz and Bahrein. And they are a hairs breath to the final tipping point Sayyari has recently reported that every single enemy Warship could be destroyed and sunk in the Gulf in less than 6 Hours and Bahrein overun within 12 hours He has assured his Officers that such action would bust sanctions and 'IAEA Interference' for ever and Iran would overnight become a World Superpower At the moment they are waiting for an excuse to strike - but if no country obliges - then they will stake their 'legal and rightful claim' of the Hormuz and take physical control of all shipping followed by an insurgent led uprising in Bahrein as a preliminary to their invasion Iran are in a full state of war preparedness and readiness. Not for a skirmish but as is being repeated 'Irans war of destiny'
8. Iran military is worried
Toby   (09.25.12)
Iran military is worried, they are very worried. They just DO NOT have what it takes and they know it. They will be soundly ass-whipped.
9. US War games
Consideriser ,   Switzerland   (09.25.12)
Every single US war game simulation in the Persian Gulf shows US navy and 5th Fleet decimated after a few hours. Some of these simulations cost a quarter of a Billion to run on supercomputers. So I bet the US 5th Fleet don't think it's a joke.
10. Seriously...
Lily Wallace ,   Aptos, ca, USA   (09.25.12)
The Iranian war machines are based on outdated technology they have purchased from the Russians... Their flying boats look like something from 1945...Their warship is just a refurbished Russian reject...their leaders are certifiable.....that is the real problem...
11. Mullah will goes down in a flash
Kem ,   Fort Smith, USA   (09.25.12)
Even my hunting equipments are more modern than the mullah firework. I hope the mullah will start shooting soon so Isreal and USA can finished them in last than my breakfast time.
12. How long can the monkey taunt the Lion?
meir elazar   (09.25.12)
Egypt taunted Israel in 67 and their entire airforce was destroyed on the first day of the war. As they celebrate 32 years after the Iraq-Iran war, how well did Iran do then? As Iran deplayed the Russian anti-aircraft systems to protect the Syrian nuclear reactor, how well did it do when Israel totally destroyed it. Japan made their fatal mistake at Pearl Harbor and America totally crushed Japan in WWII. It is only a matter of time before Iran makes their fatal mistake and will suffer dearly for it.
13. # 9 That's funny
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (09.25.12)
Maybe every single IRANIAN war game shows the US Navy decimated in a few hours, but you're dreaming if you believe that. No offense, but I don't know how someone from Switzerland could purport to have the outcomes of classified US wargame data. Even the data that you think you know (which isn't classified) is wrong. These simulations are run two times a year and they're not solely computer simulations. They also involve actual fleet responses to determine manpower & procedural weaknesses. I think your post is a joke. Leave the war speculation to people who actually fight wars.
14. Their constant boasting shows insecurity..
Malone ,   Hfx   (09.26.12)
...all they have to do is shut up,but I guess they have to save "face".. Anyway,a barking dog can't bite.
15. Iranian missiles
bart martin ,   buenas aires,Argenti   (09.25.12)
If Iran sank a U.S ship..massive bombing and missiles would not only get rid of all of Iran´s navy but Teheran would would bombed into oblivion like the nazis cities were in WW2.The ayatollahs and all of the Isalmic revolution would be dead and Iran might return to Persia and hundreds of 1000´s ot it´s citizen will be dead.,,Israel and the U.S will survive,,,Iran.. NO...
16. #7 Tim
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (09.25.12)
If Ahmadinutjob and the Mad Mullahs are stupid enough to close the Strait of Hormuz and/or to invade Bahrein, they are toast.
17. what about test peace?
return,regret   (09.25.12)
18. Lets hope we don't have another Stark
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (09.26.12)
debacle. If these missiles are accurate...then the US Navy is at risk to receive massive destruction from these missiles. One of my friends was on the Stark when it was hit by an Exocet missile from Iraq. It did not bode well for the crew...when it entered and exited...blowing a huge hole through the crews quarters.that you could drive a massive truck through. The US Navy is being set up, to take on massive casualties from these weapons systems. They would be smart.....to pull most of these ships out of the Gulf. We can shoot down most of Iran's planes within hours...and own the skies. Refueling planes could handle all the planes from the aircraft carriers at a safe distance. Why let an aircraft carrier get destroyed with all the planes on board......by putting such a ship at risk in the gulf??? It makes no sense.
19. 9- New systems deployed
Stephen in New York   (09.25.12)
against swarm attacks. Maybe they'll work.
20. # 9 I'll make a bet......
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (09.25.12)
you don't know what you are talking about.
21. time to be scared
John ,   Boise, ID USA   (09.26.12)
sink a ship in less than a minute? We'll, we can destroy your entire navy in less time than that ....have a nice day!
22. #7 Tim
DavidR ,   USA   (09.25.12)
Wow Tim, do you write children's fantasy books for a living?
23. Sadly Iran is begging for a war
Chaim Ben Kahan ,   Efrat, Israel   (09.25.12)
The war against Iran cannot be a small one. Iran's military capabilities must be completely destroyed. This wlll be no one else's fault but the Mullahs in Iran.
24. Obama sailed the entire fleet into the gulf
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (09.25.12)
to be destroyed in a pond...with no way out. Thank you for being as inept as the presidents who slept during the bombing of Hawaii in WWII.
25. Do Iran's really feel that missile batteries
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (09.25.12)
are immune from retaliation from high in the sky ?
26. to all
jack ,   isreal   (09.26.12)
if finishing iran is so easy why isreal and us arent attaking it?why they are shitting in there pants and just saying i will attack from along while? just shutup and attack
27. Ach Michel
Moragh   (09.26.12)
shame. Leave the monkey's to dream. Why awaken them!
28. Iran is as good as inviting a US attack
zionist forever   (09.25.12)
If Iran were to attack any US assets it would be considered a formal decleration of war and which would invite an American response from land, sea and air and that will involve not just destroying nuclear sites but the whole country. I do love the comment about these anti ship missiles being able to sink a warship in 50 seconds. I don't think there is an anti ship missile in the world that can do that, yet the geniuses in Iran have developed one. So they got a clone of the Russian S-200, a UAV that can do everything short of making the tea and some new super missiles. They have some very dangerous toys no doubt but they are trying to have us believes they are a superpower.
29. Business opportunity for the IRG?
Fredrik T ,   Sweden   (09.25.12)
It seems that the IRG could establish themselves as a major player in the product development sector. I mean, given the number of new, advanced mil tech systems that are being announced on a more or less weekly basis they must clearly have a development system far superior to anything in the West. regardlkess of the business sector. Think about what a consultant or two from IRG could achieve within the automotive sector. The company hiring these geniuses would soon crush all the competitors. I see a HUGE opportunity for business here. To bad the presumptive senior consultants aren't allowed to leave the country ;-)
30. I'm a bit curious about Iran's Shia mentality
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (09.25.12)
1) If Israel is not important to them, in fact considered by Iran to be a "mosquito", why has Iran designed its entire foreign policy around the idea of destroying the very Israel Iran claims doesn't stand a chance, and why has Iran threatened this "mosquito" with annihilation since 1979 and always hid behind and relied on proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah? 2) If Iran is so powerful and it wishes to destroy Israel, why has Iran only spoken of annihilating Israel since 1979? 3) Why did Iran have de facto major difficulties in defeating Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 1980s? How does Iran expect the world to believe that the crazy Islamic leaders of Teheran and the outdated and oldfashioned Iranian airforce can "defeat" Israel and/or the USA? 4) How can Iran's leadership claim that Israel is "alien" and "foreign" to the Middle East, when Israel and the Jews are an older nation/civilization than the Persians themselves? Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites, Edomites, Canaanites, Philisteenes, Phoenicians and of course the Israelites themselves spoke in several historical documents of the Israelite people, Israelite/Judean kings, Israelite/Judean cities and the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah/Yehuda. Is that a coincidence? 5) From a moral point of view: how can Iran spread good and tolerance to the world by destroying an entire civilization and race of people down to the last child called the Jews? If their Allah says that's "ok", how does Iran justify Islam and its evil, racism and genocidal plans? 6) From a theological point of view: does man serve Allah or does Allah serve man? I'm asking because it sounds like the Iranians request Allah to grant them victory over Israel and the USA for the sake of the Iranian nation and Islam. I thought Moslems serve God and not vice versa? I don't think God exists to grant a nation victories over others and to conquer them one by one.
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