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

[shep854]

Prop looks a bit fouled...

Is that the stern, or where the stern used to be?

[Colin]

that's the Korean ship sunk by a torpedo from a NK sub

[shep854]

I figured; also that it was blown in two, the photo being the forward section.

[baboon6]

that's the Korean ship sunk by a torpedo from a NK sub

Indeed

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROKS_Cheonan_(PCC-772)

[Ken Estes]

Why can't we have Joe Brennan back with us?

[rmgill]

Oh, I thought it was some large hulled FAC.

[Ivanhoe]

Beware the cardboard cut out of our departed leader!

 

http://scaryduck.blogspot.pt/2012/02/iran-watch-cardboard-khomeini.html

 

 

Love the sunglasses, you know it bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Scottish Actor, do you think he is the actually mastermind?

 

But of course, Mrs. Pedecaris!

 

[X-Files]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Iran dispatched a naval destroyer and another vessel Wednesday to waters near Yemen as the United States quickened weapons supply to the Saudi-led coalition striking rebels there, underlining how foreign powers are deepening their involvement in the conflict.

Iran's English-language state broadcaster Press TV quoted Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari as saying the ships would be part of an anti-piracy campaign "safeguarding naval routes for vessels in the region."

 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_YEMEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-04-08-08-22-46

[Tim the Tank Nut]

in the Sub pic the officer with the microphone appears to be holding a WW2 T-17 lollipop mic. The hanging hook and the cable all look the part

[X-Files]

The US has condemned a recent medium range ballistic missile test by Iran as a "clear violation" of UN sanctions and a sign of the country's disregard for its international obligations.

The nuclear weapons-capable missile was launched on 10 October.

US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said that her country was "deeply concerned" by the test firing.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34555008

[X-Files]

“Our warships will soon berth at ports in the Atlantic Ocean,” Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari promised at a ceremony on Wednesday marking the return to port of Iranian warships that Fars said had taken part in joint drills with the Russian navy.

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Sayyari made a similar pledge to deploy warships in the Atlantic in early 2014. At the time, Iran promised to send its fleet close to American maritime borders as a counter to the US navy’s presence in the Gulf. But in April, the navy chief said the move had been canceled “due to a change in schedule.”

 

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-to-send-fleet-of-warships-to-the-atlantic-ocean/

[Chris Werb]

 

 

 

 

 

[X-Files]

The Iranian Navy will soon be sending a force to visit Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico, a newly-appointed naval commander has said. The move will be a demonstration of the country’s ability to project power far beyond its shores.

In his first press conference in Tehran since being appointed, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that Iranian naval forces will cross the Atlantic, stopping at friendly South American countries, before flying the Iranian flag in the Gulf of Mexico, local media reported on Wednesday.

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In 2014, Iran announced that it was sending its vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, located between the eastern coast of Mexico and the southern American states of Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. The intention was to protest the constant US naval presence in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy 5th fleet’s Bahrain base having occasionally led to confrontations.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iranian-navy-enter-gulf-mexico/

 

[shep854]

Venezuela the FOB?

[Dark_Falcon]

Venezuela the FOB?

 

Probably. They could pay for the port time in grain and goats.

[Panzermann]

 

Venezuela the FOB?

 

Probably. They could pay for the port time in grain and goats.

 

 

toilet paper

[mnm]

 

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.

 

 

Any news on the Iranian movie prop? Have they sold it to Bollywood yet?

[shep854]

I thought they SINKEX'ed it.

[Dark_Falcon]

I thought they SINKEX'ed it.

 

No, it was seen afterwards. Damaged, but not sunk.

[BansheeOne]

Quote

Iran sends warship on rare Atlantic mission amid Venezuela speculation

The destroyer Sahand and the intelligence-gathering vessel Makran departed last month

AP

Thu 10 Jun 2021 17.59 EDT

An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean on a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state TV has reported, amid speculation that the ships could be bound for Venezuela.

The destroyer Sahand and the intelligence-gathering vessel Makran departed last month from Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas, said Adm Habibollah Sayyari, Iran’s deputy army chief, on Thursday. He described the mission as the Iranian navy’s longest and most challenging voyage yet, without elaborating.

Iranian state TV released a short clip of the destroyer cruising through the Atlantic’s rough seas. The video was most likely shot from the Makran, a converted commercial oil tanker with a mobile launch platform for helicopters.

“The navy is improving its seafaring capacity and proving its long-term durability in unfavourable seas and the Atlantic’s unfavourable weather conditions,” Sayyari said, adding that the warships would not call at any other ports during the mission.

Images from Maxar Technologies dated 28 April appear to show seven Iranian fast-attack craft typically associated with its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on the deck of the Makran. Satellite images from Planet Labs Inc suggest it left a port at Bandar Abbas some time after 29 April. It is not known exactly where the Makran and the destroyer are now.

In late May, the website Politico cited anonymous officials as suggesting that the ships’ final destination may be Venezuela. Iran maintains close ties with the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and has shipped gasoline and other products to the country amid a US sanctions campaign targeting fuel-starved Caracas. Venezuela is believed to have paid Iran, under US sanctions of its own, for the shipments.

During a news conference on 31 May, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh declined to say where the Makran was going.

“Iran is always present in international waters and it has this right based on international law and it can be present in international waters,” he said. “No country is able to violate this right, and I warn that no one makes miscalculations. Those who sit in glass houses should be careful.”

The fast-attack craft aboard the Makran are the type that the Guard uses in its tense encounters with US warships in the Persian Gulf and its narrow mouth, the strait of Hormuz. It’s not immediately clear what Venezuela’s plans would be for those ships.

[...] 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/10/iran-sends-warship-on-rare-atlantic-mission-amid-venezuela-speculation

[Stuart Galbraith]

I hope they are listed on Lloyds Register, they are on recent evidence almost certainly going ot need it.

[Stuart Galbraith]

 

[Adam Peter]

Danish military spots Iranian navy ships in Baltic Sea

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The Danish defence ministry posted photographs online on Thursday from the Royal Danish Air Force of the new domestically built Iranian destroyer Sahand and the intelligence-gathering vessel Makran passing by the Danish island of Bornholm.

 

[Ivanhoe]

Is this payback for the Danes raiding the Med? Took long enough...

 

[Roman Alymov]

15 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Is this payback for the Danes raiding the Med? Took long enough...

 

As far as i know they are heading to StPete, where they will take part in annual naval parade