Iranian Navy Plans to Send Ships To US Waters

What's the cost of moving a coupla battleships and perhaps an assault chopper carrier to intercept the Iranians mid-Atlantic? Few million bucks, tops.

Showing the world how the Ayatollahs run away is certainly worth it.

What's a couple million bucks to Uncle Sam? It doesn't even register as spare change.

edited 27th Sep '11 5:22:06 PM by SavageHeathen

Actually, I don't think people realize what a hazard AEGIS systems are to local wildlife. I think serving a dual purpose in asserting our dominance and illustrating the dangers of the system would be a good thing.

/troll

Pal, I don't actually want that to happen. It's called a joke.

Hmmmm. I wonder what coast they plan to be off of. I'd assume the East.

^You don't use assault choppers in ship-to-ship naval operations. I mean, yeah, the Seahawk can carry some decent anti-ship missiles but those are standoff weapons.

Better idea: See the Iranian fleet get hijacked by Somali pirates. We get to sink it anyways but look good for doing so. B|

edited 27th Sep '11 5:20:51 PM by HungryJoe

I was thinking in terms of actually hurting them. And if you have millions to throw away, give'em to me, I'll put them to good use.

Sorry, I didn't get it. Please don't joke about stuff like that.

edited 27th Sep '11 5:20:27 PM by PacificState

I guess Iran doesn't like having a Navy anymore.

...more likely than not, this move will be deauthenticated by Khamanei. The Dinner Jacket hasn't been getting his way recently...

I'd think of it less as "look how inexpensive it is to make fun of pricks!" and more "look at the money we're wasting on pricks!"

I could renovate a school for a few millions dollars. These jackasses aren't worth the money...

@PS: It's a debate on the internet. If somebody's looking to this for policy decisions we've worse troubles than the Iranian Navy.

American Chauvinism on this forum is almost always delivered with a shade of irony, and the tropers who are deadly serious will usually pop a smiley in regardless, and you'll figure out who they are quickly enough.

^^ This is why we need battleships! Artillery shells are cheap!

This raises an interesting question: How do they plan to reach the US?

• The Mediterranean Option: It's not going to happen. The Iranian fleet is utter rubbish: Even Israel's glorified coast guard navy could give'em a run for their money. The Italians or the Spanish could utterly destroy them, and somehow I don't imagine the Spanish (or the Brits) allowing the Iranians to cross through Gibraltar. The Mediterranean option is not an actual option.
• The Reverse Magellan route: That leaves surrounding Africa and crossing the Atlantic: Helluva long trip, lots of things could (and probably would) go wrong. They'd need to refuel several times, docking would be hell, some African navies might get twitchy, especially countries with muzzie insurgencies.
• The Pacific Crossing Option: It's more or less equally preposterous. It implies navigating both the Indian and Pacific oceans, entering into a lot of potential entanglements with Southeast Asian navies, then being stared down by the Pacific Battle Group mid-trip and having to do the whole hazardous trip back again.

They'd also need someone to allow'em to refuel at least once no matter what their route, and they don't have many allies that would allow Iranian military ships to dock at their harbors. At any rate, the Iranian naval maneuver will provide plenty of lulz for the world to see.

edited 27th Sep '11 5:33:25 PM by SavageHeathen

Furthermore, where are they going to go? If they stay in international waters they don't accomplish anything, and entering territorial waters is an act of war, if I'm not mistaken.

Tom, the maintenance of the ship isn't worth it for this kind of bullshit.

Only if your intentions prove hostile. Other nations' ships have been in US waters before many times. (Most of them are our friends, most of the rest neutral parties heading somewhere else.)

edited 27th Sep '11 5:33:50 PM by MajorTom

I thought that one had to have permission to enter territorial waters...

Brilliant! We'll be so busy laughing at the Iranian navy that we won't notice the Canadian assault from the north. It's all part of the Iranian Maple Syrup conspiracy.

edited 27th Sep '11 6:27:00 PM by Pentadragon

Fucking Canadians.

We supply them all their military goods, what did you think?

^^ Their strategy involves fornicating with us? Those... err... fiends?

Actually I was aiming along the line of "a diversion from domestick issues"

GASP!

We must fund Quebec independence now, so as to weaken Canada! And then, when those terrorists eventually come back and decide the US isn't supporting them enough, we can fight another random war nobody cares about and waste trillions of dollars!

It's genius!

domestick Iranian issues

Oh, no shit. Why else would they pull such an obviously stupid publicity stunt?

Hey if America reacts in a highly aggressive manner, it'd likely win Ahmadinejad a lot of points.

Bah, we should just not feed the trolls in Iran.

Flame baiting IRL

-awkward headscratch-

If you have more than two "of"s, you have too many "of"s.

edited 27th Sep '11 6:47:55 PM by Pykrete

It seems most authoritarian nations are lazy. Instead of separate army/navy/air force they just have everything as different sections of the army...

Isn't this more a matter of nomenclature than adminsitrative divisions? I for one never understood the point of having Military=Navy+Air Force+Army+Marines.