How dangerous IS Iran?

[mattblancarte]

Ditto.

Love to see what a CIWS or RIM-116 will do to one of these, in the Persian Gulf.

mmmmm CIWS. A symbol of the 80's badassery era in weapons development.

[IBCoupe]

I want one!!

Ditto! That's so cool looking.

[AZhitman]

Holy Crap, Shi ites with flying boats.

...know what happens if the pilot hits turbulence without a seatbelt on?



Yep, you guessed it....

The Shi'ite hits the fan.

[Cold_Zero]

Love to see what a CIWS or RIM-116 will do to one of these, in the Persian Gulf.

I bet we find out before the end of the year.

Al spent sometime in the Persian Gulf aboard an FFG during around the time of Stark incident. Interesting stories, especially when he nearly pulled the chaff after an Iraqi aircraft fired a missile.

[Cold_Zero]

Ditto.

Love to see what a CIWS or RIM-116 will do to one of these, in the Persian Gulf.

mmmmm CIWS. A symbol of the 80's badassery era in weapons development.

Friend of mine was on an FFG when they were crossing the through Gibralter and the CIWS cannon went off irratically. No one was hurt but the dang thing flaked out on them.

[stebo0728]

Holy Crap, Shi ites with flying boats.

...know what happens if the pilot hits turbulence without a seatbelt on?



Yep, you guessed it....

The Shi'ite hits the fan.

Then he's up Shi'ite creek, without a paddle.

[mattblancarte]

Yep, you guessed it....

The Shi'ite hits the fan.

[Cold_Zero]

This is how dangerous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forc ... ic_of_Iran

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNyAOrL6ZQ[/youtube]

There is absolutely no way that you can convince me that going to war with Iran is a good idea.

Edit: Forgot to mention... they have well-equipped and well-trained ground forces.

1960-1970's Soviet equipment < Most Modern Western equipment. This video just reminded me of how old and antiquated their military equipment is. Their F-14's are A models that have had a good 20 years to break down without parts. And their fast attack subs? Foxtrots or Romeos?

Maybe we should take a page from history and summon up the Horned(Dhul-Qarnayn) Lord of Asia and unleash him (again) on Persia. As the Prophet Daniel wrote, "7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns."

I couldn't help but to imagine Ahmadinejad as Darius (right looking back) in this picture, last night.