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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
I don't understand... the deployment of the Eisenhower Carrier Battle
Group alone does not seem like we're ready or even getting ready for an air-war against Iran. even assuming there are say, 2 other Carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf and/or Med, that still does not seem like the United States is ready to goto war against Iran. in Gulf War I / Desert Storm, the U.S. had 6 Carrier Groups in the region. in Gulf War II / Iraqi Freedom, the U.S., I believe, had 5 Carrier groups in the region. Iran is far larger and undamaged from years of airstrikes. they capable of taking out U.S. warships unlike Iraq. one would think the U.S. would need at least 6 to 8 Carrier groups (with a lot of Aegis cruisers & destroys) in the area to deal with Iran, unless the USAF is going to play a larger role. I just don't see how the Eisenhower group arriving in late October, and some minesweepers, is signaling war with Iran anytime soon. unless the USN build-up is much larger than reported, and the U.S. already has a massive amount naval firepower there, or in route. then again, I suppose a single Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine loaded with Trident II SLBMs with many *small* nuclear warheads each could do the job |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
Hmm..
I guess you don't remember when the USN nearly wiped out ALL Iranian's Navy back in the 80s. AirRaid wrote: I don't understand... the deployment of the Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group alone does not seem like we're ready or even getting ready for an air-war against Iran. even assuming there are say, 2 other Carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf and/or Med, that still does not seem like the United States is ready to goto war against Iran. in Gulf War I / Desert Storm, the U.S. had 6 Carrier Groups in the region. in Gulf War II / Iraqi Freedom, the U.S., I believe, had 5 Carrier groups in the region. Iran is far larger and undamaged from years of airstrikes. they capable of taking out U.S. warships unlike Iraq. one would think the U.S. would need at least 6 to 8 Carrier groups (with a lot of Aegis cruisers & destroys) in the area to deal with Iran, unless the USAF is going to play a larger role. I just don't see how the Eisenhower group arriving in late October, and some minesweepers, is signaling war with Iran anytime soon. unless the USN build-up is much larger than reported, and the U.S. already has a massive amount naval firepower there, or in route. then again, I suppose a single Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine loaded with Trident II SLBMs with many *small* nuclear warheads each could do the job |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
AirRaid wrote: I don't understand... the deployment of the Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group alone does not seem like we're ready or even getting ready for an air-war against Iran. SNIP Yep, agreed. I just don't see how the Eisenhower group arriving in late October, and some minesweepers, is signaling war with Iran anytime soon. SNIP Which is the reason you shouldn't listen the Loonie Left when they make their monthly prediction of "US WILL invade insert name of country here" announcements. After all they've successfullly predicted all the US inavsions ovre the past two years.... |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
AirRaid wrote: I don't understand... the deployment of the Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group alone does not seem like we're ready or even getting ready for an air-war against Iran. even assuming there are say, 2 other Carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf and/or Med, that still does not seem like the United States is ready to goto war against Iran. in Gulf War I / Desert Storm, the U.S. had 6 Carrier Groups in the region. in Gulf War II / Iraqi Freedom, the U.S., I believe, had 5 Carrier groups in the region. Iran is far larger and undamaged from years of airstrikes. they capable of taking out U.S. warships unlike Iraq. one would think the U.S. would need at least 6 to 8 Carrier groups (with a lot of Aegis cruisers & destroys) in the area to deal with Iran, unless the USAF is going to play a larger role. I just don't see how the Eisenhower group arriving in late October, and some minesweepers, is signaling war with Iran anytime soon. unless the USN build-up is much larger than reported, and the U.S. already has a massive amount naval firepower there, or in route. then again, I suppose a single Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine loaded with Trident II SLBMs with many *small* nuclear warheads each could do the job What make you think that the US WILL invade Iran? As far as I know, nobody has made any such suggestion, unless you count certain people in this group, even if the US decided to invade, don't you think that they will at least wait until after the mid-term election? |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
AirRaid wrote: I don't understand... the deployment of the Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group alone does not seem like we're ready or even getting ready for an air-war against Iran. even assuming there are say, 2 other Carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf and/or Med, that still does not seem like the United States is ready to goto war against Iran. in Gulf War I / Desert Storm, the U.S. had 6 Carrier Groups in the region. in Gulf War II / Iraqi Freedom, the U.S., I believe, had 5 Carrier groups in the region. Iran is far larger and undamaged from years of airstrikes. they capable of taking out U.S. warships unlike Iraq. one would think the U.S. would need at least 6 to 8 Carrier groups (with a lot of Aegis cruisers & destroys) in the area to deal with Iran, unless the USAF is going to play a larger role. I just don't see how the Eisenhower group arriving in late October, and some minesweepers, is signaling war with Iran anytime soon. unless the USN build-up is much larger than reported, and the U.S. already has a massive amount naval firepower there, or in route. I agree with you that three carrier groups doesn't seem enough, but would advise you not to listen to the nutters here who claim that a US attack is imminent. They don't have any solid info either and are just speculating and putting out propaganda for whatever agenda they support. Cheers, Ralph |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
Defendario wrote: There have been a lot of changes since then. The USN is in grave danger. The Persian Gulf may get the reputation earned by Ironbottom Sound. They are not invulnerable. siren /on VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE! NOT A DRILL! siren /off Back then it did not take much to nearly annhilate Iran's Navy with the 'small' USN force that was deployed. Has there been big purchases for naval vessels after that? Regardless, I don't think there Navy won't pose much threat. Where their vast experiece lies is on the ground and perhaps air war due to the encounters with Iraq |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive'build-up for war with Iran
eatfastnoodle wrote:
[snip] What make you think that the US WILL invade Iran? As far as I know, nobody has made any such suggestion, unless you count certain people in this group, even if the US decided to invade, don't you think that they will at least wait until after the mid-term election? A sensible general will wait for the dust storms rains to finish. January is a better time to invade. Andrew Swallow |
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the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran
Andrew Swallow wrote: eatfastnoodle wrote: [snip] What make you think that the US WILL invade Iran? As far as I know, nobody has made any such suggestion, unless you count certain people in this group, even if the US decided to invade, don't you think that they will at least wait until after the mid-term election? A sensible general will wait for the dust storms rains to finish. January is a better time to invade. Andrew Swallow IIRC that was one of the "justifications" for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, later we get heat and dust storms and we want to avoid those. Three years later... |
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