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Report: Iran sending warships toward U.S. maritime borders

Washington (CNN) -- A senior Iranian naval official says Iran is sending warships toward U.S. maritime borders to send a message, a move a U.S. defense official characterized as an announcement, not a deployment.

"Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," Adm. Afshin Rezayee Haddad said, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Saturday.

The plan, according to Fars, is a response to the United States beefing up its naval presence in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. 5th Fleet is based in Bahrain.

Haddad said the Iranian fleet was under way and approaching the Atlantic Ocean "via the waters near South Africa," a claim that has not been confirmed.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/08/world/meast/iran-navy/

[hrmjustin]

1. Dumb move on Iran's part.

[greytdemocrat]

2. Probably not the brightest move. nt

[CFLDem]

3. I have to call their bluff.

No one could really be this stupid.

[davidpdx]

9. Could be they are going to sail up and down the coast and go back

I agree it's not a smart move. If they accidentally drifted from international waters into ours all hell would break loose.

[Gravitycollapse]

4. Bold move. I like it.

[NuclearDem]

5. ...

[mn9driver]

6. Very silly on their part.

If they move into the Atlantic "missile box" off the east coast, their entire fleet would be on about a 60 second fuse for total destruction if they even looked like they were preparing a launch. We still have a lot of Cold War assets that been waiting for a mission for about 20 years.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. Not the brightest thing to do; especially when the USA has tried to play the role of diplomat.

[Turbineguy]

8. This started in Sept. 2012.

Maybe they are using squareriggers?

[Wounded Bear]

10. I think they had to beach in South Africa to....

take on supplies for the oarsmen.

[Turbineguy]

11. Silly me!

They're using triremes.

Environmentally friendly propulsion though!

[NutmegYankee]

12. Meh, whatever

I don't get why people here think it's a big deal. So they send some ships to patrol in international waters off our coast. It's not like they would actually do something stupid like attempt an attack...That would be too fun for our submarines!

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Iran has a fleet?

...who knew?

[onethatcares]

14. America's Navy

a global force for "good".

It's just that we like to be everywhere because we have an over abundance of money with which to

spend on warships.

Those other countries, Iran included, eh, not so much.

[newfie11]

15. Why not we do it all the time to other countries

There in international waters, so!