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Showing posts with label iranian navy. Show all posts

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Iran Says U.S. Aircraft Carrier Has Entered Zone Near Key Oil Route

"foreign fleet will be warned by Iranian forces if it enters the area of the drill."

Yep, the Iranian Navy sounds real tough.

Let the Fifth Fleet cruise through the straights of Hormuz and then we can see the Iranians poop themselves at the sheer size of a real Navy.

Foxnews
An Iranian surveillance plane has shot video and photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier during Iran's ongoing navy drill near a strategic waterway in the Persian Gulf, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
The report did not provide details and it was unclear what information the Iranian military could gleam from such footage. But the announcement is an indication Iran is seeking to cast its navy as having a powerful role in the region's waters.
IRNA quoted Iran's navy chief, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, as saying the action shows that Iran has "control over the moves by foreign forces" in the area where Tehran is holding a 10-day military exercise.

"An Iranian vessel and surveillance plane have tracked, filmed and photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier as it was entering the Gulf of Oman from the Persian Gulf," Sayyari said.
He added that the "foreign fleet will be warned by Iranian forces if it enters the area of the drill."

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Iranian navy "can readily block" Strait of Hormuz

I would like to see how long the Iranian Navy could hold up against the United States Navy!
I'm sure it is a pretty good Match up.

Not!

(Xinhua) -- Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the country's naval forces can readily block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if needed, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.

"Closing the Strait of Hormuz is very easy for Iranian naval forces," Sayyari told Press TV on Wednesday as the Iranian Navy continued with the ten-day naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman.

"Iran has comprehensive control over the strategic water way," Sayyari was quoted as saying.

Sayyari, however, noted that the Islamic republic steadfastly maintains its interest in "establishing sustainable security and stability in the region."