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Sink fake carrier, block your port of entry

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    George K
    wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 12:47 last edited by
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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12308432/iran-humiliated-sinking-fake-us-warship-blocking-entry-port/

    Last week Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard simulated attacks on a replica US aircraft carrier with the aim of "symbolically sinking" it, so it can be reused.

    The exercises — dubbed "Prophet Mohammed 14th" -— were staged near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of global oil output.

    In a propaganda coup, Iranian state television reported the exercise last Tuesday, which is aimed at threatening the US amid growing tensions with Washington.

    The US navy condemned the war games as "irresponsible and reckless".

    But it seems Iran has ended up being its own worst enemy after its replica carrier sunk by its own accord — and now risks bottling up the Iranian navy.

    Writing in Forbes, naval expert HI Sutton said: "It is meant to be reusable and has been symbolically ‘destroyed’ twice already.

    "But now it really has sunk. And in very much the wrong place.

    "It is just outside the harbour entrance to Bandar Abbas, near to the main approach channel.

    "It is so shallow that other ships face a very real risk of catastrophic damage if they sail over it.

    "In fact, at least as of a couple of days ago, it was partly above water. This is a serious shipping hazard."

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Mik
      wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 13:10 last edited by
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      Again, opportunity knocks. We could probably Pearl Harbor their whole navy at will.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Catseye3
        wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 13:13 last edited by
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        Inspector Clouseau smiled.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          6 Aug 2020, 13:10

          Again, opportunity knocks. We could probably Pearl Harbor their whole navy at will.

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          George K
          wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 13:31 last edited by
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          @Mik said in Sink fake carrier, block your port of entry:

          Again, opportunity knocks. We could probably Pearl Harbor their whole navy at will.

          Wouldn't take much...

          Screen Shot 2020-08-06 at 8.31.14 AM.png

          Who used to say that they "Verb nouns?" Was that IT?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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