Iran says that..sorry, can't hold back the laughter...it will send naval ships to US coast

[shep854]

Then again, 'new' weapons systems notwithstanding, they are the only country flying F-14s, which are famous as maintenance hogs.

[DKTanker]

 

 

Wouldn't it be funny if we decided, just for the hell of it, to block out GPS signals to a random area of open water the Iranians were in?

 

In 1991 GPS wasn't the only locating system used by coalition forces, LORAN was used by many levels by many units. One of the primary LORAN transmitter towers that we used to determine our position is located in northern Kuwait and I always wondered why the Iraqis didn't simply turn it off.

Edited February 14, 2014 by DKTanker

[Panzermann]

In 1991 GPS wasn't the only locating system used by coalition forces, LORAN was used by many levels by many units. One of the primary LORAN transmitter towers that we used to determine our position is located in northern Kuwait and I always wondered why the Iraqis didn't simply turn it off.

 

The iraqis probably simply did not know about the LORAN system? Somehow I doubt they were competent in electronic warfare, SIGINT and all its implication and application to waging war.

[DKTanker]

 

The iraqis probably simply did not know about the LORAN system? Somehow I doubt they were competent in electronic warfare, SIGINT and all its implication and application to waging war.

 

It is not credible that Iraq didn't know about LORAN as it was one of the primary methods of marine navigation during the post WW2 era and remained so until GPS was declassified following the 1991 war.

[Colin]

Even then you often needed Loran to find the same spot again, I think it was the P waves that were scrambled so you could not get precise fixes? Loran was more repeatable, but had to be "re-tuned" every 50-100Nm. The we went to differential GPS using the old radio beacons along the coast to transmit local conversion information. Lots of "GPS assisted groundings" back then.

[X-Files]

In totally unrelated news....

[X-Files]

Despite Western sanctions, the Iranian regime’s investments in naval development have been relatively substantial, as has rhetoric about Iran’s naval ambitions. In separate speeches in 2012, Sayyari pronounced Iran’s right and desire to deploy naval assets to the East Coast of the United States and to the international waters surrounding the South Pole. Amid the domestic tug-of-war over fleet modernization and military priorities, many dismissed Sayyari’s stance as simply political maneuvering designed to ensure the navy's standing in Iran’s fractious internal politics. But this voyage suggests that there is something more at play. “Like the arrogant powers that are present near our maritime borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to the American borders,” Sayyari has claimed.

 

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2014/02/18/iranian-ships-in-the-atlantic-are-no-cause-for-concern

 

 

An Iranian hack of the Navy's largest unclassified computer network reportedly took more than four months to resolve, raising concern among some lawmakers about security gaps exposed by the attack.

The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported late Monday that the cyberattack targeted the Navy Marine Corps Internet, which is used by the Navy Department to host websites, store nonsensitive information, and handle voice, video, and data communications.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/18/iranian-hacking-navy-computers-reportedly-more-extensive-than-first-thought/

 

 

Iran unveiled this week new anti-aircraft missile systems and a plan to “confront U.S. naval forces” ahead of a series of eight new war games that are scheduled to begin in March, according to multiple Iranian press reports.

New anti-aircraft missile simulators have been installed at Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, according to a top Iranian military commander, who said the systems would be used to train soldiers in the art of downing enemy aircraft, according to Iranian press reports.

 

http://freebeacon.com/iran-reveals-plan-to-confront-u-s-naval-forces-ahead-of-war-games/

Edited March 1, 2014 by X-Files

[mnm]

In totally unrelated news....

 

What the hell is it that's worth spying in Cuba?

[X-Files]

 

In totally unrelated news....

 

What the hell is it that's worth spying in Cuba?

 

 

Being in Cuba doesn't mean it's spying on Cuba.

 

So either they're interested in something, sending a message or both.

[mnm]

Yup, same as those 688 attack boats off the Kola peninsula are watching Petasmo and Kirkenes, not Severomorsk

[Colin]

Where else are they going to go?

[lucklucky]

What the hell is it that's worth spying in Cuba?

 

Beaches?

[Colin]

Canada will currently not be pointing any fingers at the Iranian Navy....

[Nobu]

"There is nothing more expensive than the second-best navy in the world."

 

Japan can afford it.

[mnm]

Canada will currently not be pointing any fingers at the Iranian Navy....

 

Soon the Protecteur will be towing the 28th Fleet

Edited March 3, 2014 by mnm

[savantu]

In the end, did the Iranian ship made it to the US coast ?

[X-Files]

Unknown. Comment by Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari

 

Asked about Iran’s presence in the Atlantic Ocean, he said, “That will be done.”

 

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921218001041

 

Meanwhile

 

 

Iran's surprising decision to move warships off the Atlantic coast poses a potential catastrophic threat to America from a nuclear or electromagnetic pulse attack, according to an expert who foresaw Iran's move.

Peter Pry, an expert on EMP attacks, said the ships are likely a dry run for a future attack, a maneuver meant to lull Washington into complacency while also embarrassing President Obama and his effort to convince Tehran to give up production of a nuclear bomb in return for a lifting of some economic sanctions.

 

 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/expert-iran-ships-a-dry-run-for-later-nuclearemp-attack-humiliate-obama/article/2544041

[mnm]

Do yourselves a favor, leak the plans for the LCS

[Josh]

Unknown. Comment by Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari

 

 

Asked about Iran’s presence in the Atlantic Ocean, he said, “That will be done.”

 

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921218001041

 

Meanwhile

 

 

Iran's surprising decision to move warships off the Atlantic coast poses a potential catastrophic threat to America from a nuclear or electromagnetic pulse attack, according to an expert who foresaw Iran's move.

Peter Pry, an expert on EMP attacks, said the ships are likely a dry run for a future attack, a maneuver meant to lull Washington into complacency while also embarrassing President Obama and his effort to convince Tehran to give up production of a nuclear bomb in return for a lifting of some economic sanctions.

 

 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/expert-iran-ships-a-dry-run-for-later-nuclearemp-attack-humiliate-obama/article/2544041

 

Wow. That's pretty out there.

[X-Files]

It was touched on earlier in the thread. See also "Asymmetric Warfare".

Edited March 10, 2014 by X-Files

[Ivanhoe]

Iranian Navy meets Michael Bay meets WTF...

 

http://hamptonroads.com/2014/03/ship-being-built-iran-looks-us-aircraft-carrier

 

Ship being built in Iran looks like U.S. aircraft carrier

By Eric Schmitt

The New York Times

© March 21, 2014

WASHINGTON

 

Iran is building a nonworking mock-up of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that U.S. officials say may be intended to be blown up for propaganda value.

 

Intelligence analysts studying satellite photos of Iranian military installations first noticed the vessel rising from the Gachin shipyard, near Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf, last summer. The ship has the same distinctive shape and style of the Navy’s Nimitz-class carriers, as well as the aircraft carrier Nimitz’s No. 68 neatly painted in white near the bow. Mock aircraft can be seen on the flight deck.

 

The Iranian mock-up, which U.S. officials described as more like a barge than a warship, has no nuclear propulsion system and is only about two-thirds the length of a typical 1,100-foot-long Navy carrier. Intelligence officials do not believe that Iran is capable of building an actual aircraft carrier.

[Archie Pellagio]

 

 

In totally unrelated news....

 

What the hell is it that's worth spying in Cuba?

 

 

Being in Cuba doesn't mean it's spying on Cuba.

 

So either they're interested in something, sending a message or both.

 

 

There's friendly nations but there's no such thing as friendly intelligence services...

[Colin]

Canada quietly slides out the back door, while everyone is laughing at the Iranian navy, hoping they won't notice Canada's, now with 1 resupply ship.

[X-Files]

 

The United States is puzzling over how to block cruise missiles that theoretically could be launched from the Gulf of Mexico, even after throwing some of its most advanced technologies at the problem.

Russia and Iran have been cited as possible threats that might, at some point, lurk in the waters just off U.S. shores.

A 2013 military exercise pitted systems such as Patriot interceptors, Aegis warships and combat aircraft against potential cruise-missile or short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Gulf. But the drill highlighted a particular vulnerability to cruise missiles lobbed from that region, U.S. Northern Command head Gen. Charles Jacoby indicated in congressional testimony last week.

 

 

 

"Cruise missiles can fly at low altitudes to stay below enemy radar and, in some cases, hide behind terrain features. Newer missiles are incorporating stealth features to make them even less visible to radars and infrared detectors," says the 2013 assessment by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center.

Cruz's office did not respond to requests to discuss his specific concerns about potential attack risks facing the United States from the Gulf of Mexico. His comments came, though, in the wake of some other public discussion of possible threats of this kind.

Iran last month announced it intended to deploy warships near the U.S. maritime border, prompting heightened discussion of the Middle Eastern nation's growing military capabilities.

 

 

http://www.nationaljournal.com/global-security-newswire/could-the-u-s-face-a-cruise-missile-threat-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-20140321

 

 

[X-Files]

"Movie set"