I don't know the name of the book, but there was a modern military fiction that involved Iran launching a nuke from a container ship parked just outside US waters. It can be done.

Personally, however, I don't know if that would be such a bad thing. The people of this nation are so self-absorbed that it truly will take something spectacular to force them to engage their brains again.

First Folks; If the Iranians choose to sail to our east or west coasts, as long as they are in international waters it is their right to do so. Now having said that, Do you all understand the logistics involved with maintaining a fleet of ships far away from their home ports. The U.S. Navy are expert at this and have been doing so since before WWII. Englandwe showed them how.
Now, her comes a third world country, who has basicly just gotten into the twentieth century. They have neither the money nor the capabilty of maintaining a fleet of any size far form their home bases.
I toured an Iranian man of war in the late 60's when the Shaw was still the man in power over in Iran. There ships had to pull into Pearl Harbor because they were out of fuel and food and need our help to get back home. Their ships are sloppy as is their crews. They are poorly trained.
The best response to these people is no response, they are of no concequense and should be treated the same way.

after WWII it should say England, France and Austriala know how, after we showed them how.

a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I would have the USS Ronald Reagan sail into the middle of their flotilla along with all of the support ships plus a few LA class subs, just to make it interesting. Call it a Freedom of the Seas exercise. I would invite the Captain and selected crew members to lunch and show them the radar picture from an Aegis class Cruiser. Then ask them if they have any questions or doubts of our capability to blow their asses back to Iran if they cause an incident.
It will never happen, but I would love to see it
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You do offer quite a stirring fantasy, I must say. *Sigh*

Personally I would like to see plain English responses to things like this such as “The Iranian Navy is irrelevant and do not constitute much more of a threat than a wooden sailing ship. If they enter our waters we will destroy them, but so long as they are in international waters they are not worth our time.”

But no, we have to be diplomatic and listen to sabre rattling garbage like him.


I admit though, a ship large enough to carry a dirty bomb so close to our coast is a bit concerning.

Honestly, so would I.

Those were my thoughts. And being on the east coast, more than a little concerning. I would love to blow them out of the water though.