Iranian warships 'to sail close to US maritime border'

[discocrisco01]

Iranian warships in the Atlantic Ocean are to sail close to US maritime borders for the first time, a senior naval commander has said.

Iranian media quoted Adm Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying the deployment was a response to US vessels in the Gulf.

The fleet consists of a destroyer and a helicopter-carrying supply ship.

It began its voyage last month and entered the Atlantic though South African waters, the IRNA news agency quoted the admiral as saying.

The Iranian ships are reported to be carrying about 30 navy academy cadets for training along with their regular crews. They are on a three-month mission.

Read more at (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26105749)

[jsr]

1. Are our gun emplacements and bunkers ready?

[sked14]

2. President Obama and VP Biden's reaction when told of the news.

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[NutmegYankee]

3. This is the third thread in GD in the last 2 days.

They sink because no one gives a damn. Any navy can sail in international waters. But beyond that, I think most find it funny that Iran has a "fleet" of two ships.

If Iran had a fleet, they would have knocked back the piracy in the region.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Iran doesnt have a fleet capable of anything other than coastal defense.

[RC]

5. This "All Fear, All the Time" is getting pretty boring.

We don't even need to worry much about another 9/11 because too many people now know or suspect that event was not as presented. Another one would be immediately suspected to have been cause by our own war mongers and not by the other guy's terrorists. Terrorists most likely on our payroll somehow anyway.