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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: President Trump Calls Alleged Iranian Attack on Oil Tankers 'Very Minor' [View all]FBaggins
(26,693 posts)31. I think they have ten of them
Check the video in the reply below. They built that entire fleet back in 2016 and I don't see any mention of additional units being constructed.
Note that these aren't just some modified Boston Whalers that a "false flag" operation could just pick up at a boat show and add a swarthy-looking crew to. It's an Iranian-made craft with Russian armaments.
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Exclusive: President Trump Calls Alleged Iranian Attack on Oil Tankers 'Very Minor' [View all]
DonViejo
Jun 2019
OP
Based on our experiences with the fake attack on the Maddox and Turner Joy and
Submariner
Jun 2019
#4
Translation: it probably wasn't Iran, especially considering someone else took credit for it.
Vinca
Jun 2019
#16
Ignoring the possibility that this is some sort of false flag or something along those lines
Sapient Donkey
Jun 2019
#25
NYT describes trump, especially latest foreign policy reversals that left his pompeos dizzy,
empedocles
Jun 2019
#29