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Originally Posted by blueash
The US Navy decided to conduct live fire training exercises in the North Persian Gulf. I am sure we stayed just outside the territorial waters of Iran. We were making a point that we have big boats and big guns, and big aircraft.
What would the US do if Iran's navy, if they had one, decided to hold a live fire training exercise 13 miles from our coast? I think the response of Iran was muted sending a few speedboats to loop around our ships.
Time to wag the dog? |
A little bit outside your lane?
The thing is, those speedboats are not really Iranian Navy. Instead, they belong to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. These speedboats, which are often equipped with heavy machine guns, rockets, and other weapons, got a reputation for attacking merchant traffic in the Iran-Iraq War. Back then, they were called "Boghammars" after the Swedish company that built the first boats used by the Iranians.
Just some nice little "speedboats" Problem is they are violating COLREGS by coming way too close.
