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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:27 AM Original message |
Iranian commander: US aircraft carriers target if Islamic Republic attacked |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Iran would retaliate if attacked? |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. fair warning. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Aircraft carriers have the most sophisticated defensive abilities on the planet. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. We sank 'em all the time |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. When was the last time a Los Angeles class carrier was sank? Oh, never. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Sinking something that doesn't exist is challenging, I'll admit. (nt) |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Los Angeles class - submarines, not carriers |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. LOL! |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Cuz teh 688 class carriers have jets man |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Sub launched CAP - - Fuck ya n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. you two are so behind the times... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. aircraft carriers are just big floating targets. |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I've never visited a Submarine CO's office |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's what the Brits thought. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No, they didn't. The sophisticated defenses have improved tremendously since the Falklands War. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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carla (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. I believe, |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. The Excocet was an exception...do a little reading on why it got through so easily |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. The british have not lost a carrier since 1942. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The Maginot Line is impenetrable! |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. I am in awe of those who continually take the view that actual armed conflict |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It's like, what's the Hulk's power rating compared to Superman's? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. And it never was attacked. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So? It was rendered irrelevant by the unexpected. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. actually, it was attacked. It was breached in 2 hours. |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. oh sure we really need 7 wars now |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The military will have cover while this budget bullshit goes on. |
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Dan (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Sad smile, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. Iran rattles sabres; this is a recording. (nt) |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Concur. Iranians are Persians before anything else (even Muslims) |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Commander Obvious here too. n/t |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you, Commander Obvious, for that stunning revelation |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. i know, right ? lol |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. But we declared that aircraft carriers were off limits! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. "You're not the only one with a gun, bitch." |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Pasdaran commanders rattle their swords as often as the rest of us brush our teeth |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. So if we attack you you will attack us back. . . . um . . . ok? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
25. Aircraft carriers are moving targets. Missile silos are fixed targets. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. an aircraft carrier is going to outrun a missle? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, but you have to know where it is before you can attack it. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. have you heard of radar? You can find big things with it. |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Radar has limited range |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. radar in North Dakota can find Russian bombers in the Arctic. |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You can track aircraft because they are at altitude. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. the Russians do it. They have satellites, you know. |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Carriers aren't in the Persial Gulf. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Yeah, like the E-2C and the F/A-18 fighters will let any recon aircraft... |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
27. Hornets are VERY MUCH SMALLER than you are, but if you keep pissing on hornet nests... |
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mymomwasright (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. Hubris is deadly. Ask the folks from the Stark |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. Wow, a reletively innocuous intelligence message of mine, |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. One more trillion dollar war on the horizon. More cuts for the average joe needed. |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. Khalij Fars, Noor-2, and Sunburn Iranian Anti-ship missile systems |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sounds fair enough to me |
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roomfullofmirrors (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. gee, I wonder what we would do to them in return? |
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