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asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
14. My, my my...
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:14 PM
Jun 2019

The US has recently deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the Strait of Hormuz in response to a "number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings" from Iran, a US official with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN at the time.

Just how many destroyers and battleships and subs come along with a strike group...

The Carrier Strike Group (CSG), composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a flotilla of six to 10 destroyers and/or frigates, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft.

A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and a supply ship. The carrier strike group commander operationally reports to the commander of the numbered fleet, who is operationally responsible for the area of waters in which the carrier strike group is operating.

That's some kind of SMALL, so called Iranian boat, pulling SOMETHING from a tanker...now, just how do you suppose it got through....

History repeating..of course it is...Gulf of Tonkin...Iraq....this is BS....

Link? nt procon Jun 2019 #1
Gah, copy/paste failed me. Fixed it. Thanks, good catch! N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #2
read: Iranian war boats on daily maneuvers fires on strategically placed drones. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #3
ummmm, there is another story that said it never happened. Iliyah Jun 2019 #4
Crew reported "flying object"! atreides1 Jun 2019 #5
"the operator's head said" -- Geesh, what an awkward construction that is PSPS Jun 2019 #12
We DO NOT believe your bullshit! SCVDem Jun 2019 #6
Why doesn't Iran just go home and leave U.S. alone, we never hurt anyone. bahrbearian Jun 2019 #7
+1 sandensea Jun 2019 #13
+1 area51 Jun 2019 #16
I don't believe a thing this administration says about anything. I think as the noose tightens walkingman Jun 2019 #8
In the age of deep fakes, something like this could be manufactured... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #9
You can't shoot at drones? Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #10
This drone was the size of a small airplane hack89 Jun 2019 #25
This smells like another Gulf of Tonkin incident, procon Jun 2019 #11
My, my my... asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #14
They just happened to miss that detail yesterday. Now I am sure the drone returned fire ... marble falls Jun 2019 #15
... tenderfoot Jun 2019 #17
One of the ship captains has disputed the reports of mines. Ford_Prefect Jun 2019 #18
US Officials Say............... McKim Jun 2019 #19
This is awesome! Tiggeroshii Jun 2019 #20
This tension could have been avoided if Donnie Dumbfuck hadn't ripped up the agrreement LiberalLovinLug Jun 2019 #21
Iran sent small boats to rescue the tanker crew - that is what the Reaper saw jpak Jun 2019 #22
Wag the dog... BlueIdaho Jun 2019 #23
Holy smokes! Turbineguy Jun 2019 #24
Lies and the lying liars who tell them. I do not believe one syllable that escapes their mouths. onecaliberal Jun 2019 #26
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