"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders," the head of the Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
A powerful presence? That is what they call a powerful presence? They must still live in the dark ages and not realize what the US fleet actually looks like?
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
If they used every ship and sub in their fleet what would the total be? They have just over 200 total including their subs...they only have 13 submarines total, they mostly have patrol boats meant for coastal duties, they have about 100 of them....and about 100 missle boats...they have 5 frigates, 3 Corvettes, and 24 FAC's...they have nothing basically...we have on the other hand...286 ships, 11 Aircraft carriers, 9 amphibeous assault ships, 8 amphibious landing ships, 22 Cruisers, 60 destroyers, 27 frigates, and 75 subs, if they want to show a threatening presence they need to spend a hell of a lot of money to do so....our ship crews would laugh their tails off.
The declaration comes just weeks after Turkey said it would host a NATO early warning radar system which will help spot missile threats from outside Europe, including potentially from Iran. The decision has angered Tehran which had enjoyed close relations with Ankara.
NATO would blow them out of the water if they tried to sink a cruise ship.....looks like Turkey would call an Article 5 before they US had a chance....NATO's fleet is likely bigger than ours is.
