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Islamanazi speculates on what might be happening:
War signals are on the rise once again. A major “strike group” of ships, including the nuclear aircraft carrier Eisenhower as well as a cruiser, destroyer, frigate, submarine escort and supply ship is headed for the Persian Gulf just off Irans western coast. A group of minelayer ships is also ordered to the area.
The minelayers would be useful to block up Irans harbors to keep Irans own minelayers from executing the threat of Ahmadinejad to load up the straits of Hormuz with mines and blow up oil tankers loaded with oil, thereby bottling up Mid-East oil production. This would cause a great increase in oil prices and damage to national economies, not to mention the ecological damage, which would be enormous.
Sam Gardiner, 67, retired Air Force colonel, has taught strategy at the National War College, Air War College and the Naval War College. “Gardiner says when Bush ‘Iraqs’ Iran, air strikes will not be limited to the country`s widely scattered nuclear facilities, but will also include military air bases (some of them only 15 minutes flying time from Baghdad); air defense command and control; terrorist training camps; chemical facilities; medium-range ballistic missiles; Gulf-threatening assets; submarines; anti-ship missiles; and naval ships, including small, fast minelayers. He reckons ‘an attack of relatively high certainty on nuclear targets would require 400 aim points … 75 of these would require penetrating weapons.’ Air target planners believe this can be done after five nights of bombing.”
Sending over a Naval strike force of such power is either designed to pressure Iran to stop refining uranium or be attacked, or, an attack is imminent. I think it’s fully accepted by our government that Iran will never stop unless they are beaten senseless.
This may just be another dry run, but sending an aircraft carrier into harms way with such an unstable and unpredictable enemy is not an act done lightly.
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United States Sends Naval "Strike Group" To Persian Gulf
Islamanazi speculates on what might be happening:
War signals are on the rise once again. A major “strike group” of ships, including the nuclear aircraft carrier Eisenhower as well as a cruiser, destroyer, frigate, submarine escort and supply ship is headed for the Persian Gulf just off Irans western coast. A group of minelayer ships is also ordered to the area.
The minelayers would be useful to block up Irans harbors to keep Irans own minelayers from executing the threat of Ahmadinejad to load up the straits of Hormuz with mines and blow up oil tankers loaded with oil, thereby bottling up Mid-East oil production. This would cause a great increase in oil prices and damage to national economies, not to mention the ecological damage, which would be enormous.
Sam Gardiner, 67, retired Air Force colonel, has taught strategy at the National War College, Air War College and the Naval War College. “Gardiner says when Bush ‘Iraqs’ Iran, air strikes will not be limited to the country`s widely scattered nuclear facilities, but will also include military air bases (some of them only 15 minutes flying time from Baghdad); air defense command and control; terrorist training camps; chemical facilities; medium-range ballistic missiles; Gulf-threatening assets; submarines; anti-ship missiles; and naval ships, including small, fast minelayers. He reckons ‘an attack of relatively high certainty on nuclear targets would require 400 aim points … 75 of these would require penetrating weapons.’ Air target planners believe this can be done after five nights of bombing.”
Sending over a Naval strike force of such power is either designed to pressure Iran to stop refining uranium or be attacked, or, an attack is imminent. I think it’s fully accepted by our government that Iran will never stop unless they are beaten senseless.
This may just be another dry run, but sending an aircraft carrier into harms way with such an unstable and unpredictable enemy is not an act done lightly.
- Speaking Of Tangible Results Of Poor Economic Policy Affecting Our Policies
50% cut in strike capacity, in self defense of the fleet, in defense of other gulf assets (like Abqaiq …any damage there will drive prices up worldwide). And what about the readiness, and maintenance of what we have? Do you imagine that corners are...
- Iran Rising?
From the Washington Post on July 26, 2012: Iran bolsters retaliation capability in Persian Gulf, experts say Iran is rapidly gaining new capabilities to strike at U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, amassing an arsenal of sophisticated anti-ship missiles...
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U.S. carrier crosses Hormuz amid rising Gulf tensions (Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group sailed through the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday more than a month after Iran warned a different carrier -- USS John C. Stennis -- not to return to the Gulf...
- Is The U.s. Ramping Up For War?
Two more US aircraft carriers headed for Persian Gulf; nuke sub in the area? From Carl in Jerusalem: The Kuwait Times reported on Thursday that two more US aircraft carriers are headed for the Persian Gulf. The paper did not say which two carriers they...
- More On The American Buildup In The Persian Gulf
Not that Debka is the most reliable source, but ... Adm. William J. Fallon (picture), 62, hitherto supreme commander in the Pacific theater, takes over from Gen. John Abizaid as commander of the US central command which is in charge of the US fronts...