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In reply to the discussion: Iran's Arsenal Of Sunburn Missiles Is More Than Enough To Close The Strait [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)56. Thank-you!
Not to pick a fight with your interlocutor but you raise a very good point that for all of Iran's bloviating the actual NEED for anythign resembling a prolonged war is obviated. Even in a worse case scenario, the worst case makes full-scale war a matter of overkill.
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Purveyor
Feb 2012
OP
I seriously doubt they would try to sink a carrier after being attacked by the 'West' but I do
Purveyor
Feb 2012
#5
The Straits are 25 miles wide and the center channel is about 12 miles from Iran...
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#8
Wouldn't that place the missile launchers themselves in a confined, target-able space?
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2012
#51
I believe they are built on both fixed and mobile launch platforms - land based and sea based.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#53
can you provide me with a list of engagements, successful or not, that consisted of just bombing?
frylock
Feb 2012
#40
I would call dismantling a million man army in less than a month a fucking success.
Muskypundit
Feb 2012
#44
So you honestly think no one would notice Iranian ships stopping thousands of times
jeff47
Feb 2012
#23
That's good to hear. Seems like the coming Iran War should be a relative cakewalk
Hugabear
Feb 2012
#32
He linked the two different kinds of anti-tank weapons to show you the difference
jeff47
Feb 2012
#68
I've tried to verify but I do remember reading that Iran has 1000's of various missiles
Purveyor
Feb 2012
#21
And after the first missile is fired, we will be dropping 10s of thousands of bombs.
jeff47
Feb 2012
#26
Translation: Give more money to the MIC or the bogeyman will eat you.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2012
#12
And the 'silkworms', well we can just make pretty, pretty scarfs out of them all. eom
Purveyor
Feb 2012
#24
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Purveyor
Feb 2012
#27
Every weapons platform Iran has that could be a threat to an American asset is being monitored
stevenleser
Feb 2012
#35
missile strikes on any US ship would lead to air strikes on Iranian missile sights
Motown_Johnny
Feb 2012
#36
The drift of this story is the Iranians don't need no missile sites for the Sunburns
Brother Buzz
Feb 2012
#41