War with Iran

[philip964]

https://wrex.com/category/2019/07/18/tr ... -tensions/

US warship destroys Iranian drone in strait of Hormuz.

Iran seizes Panamanian flagged tanker and crew.

https://www.apnews.com/2d94f2b673b74940b26db541e9eeb262

500 US troops to Saudi Arabia

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9530486/u ... -tensions/

[surprise_i'm_armed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone-class_patrol_ship

The US Navy vessels detailed above are only 331 tons, and are being used in the area of operations at the Straits of Hormuz.
Their draft is shallow enough that they can patrol in waters where large US Navy vessels can't go.

The US Coast Guard initially developed them, then the US Navy got some too.

SIA

[The Annoyed Man]

I read elsewhere today that the MT Riah's manifest was only 6000 bbl of oil. Also, examination of her logs show that she hadn't put into a port in something like 6 months. All of her cargo was taken on and offloaded as ship-to-ship transfers. Highly suspect. The ship may actually have been operating in cooperation with Iran, rather than being a victim of Iran. I'll try and find the link I read earlier and post it here.

Edited to add: Here's the link:


Also, here's a link to a twitter search on "MT Riah":
https://twitter.com/search?q=mt%20riah& ... arch_click

[Beiruty]

What does it take to make a new water channels in Oman

[surferdaddy]

What does it take to make a new water channels in Oman

The depth is deep enough to float almost anything through but there are sections where it is critical to stay in the channel. My first westpac we transited the Strait of Hormuz from the Arabian Sea into the Persian gulf; man does it get narrow. Gave us all the willies. I was the master helmsman so it was stressful.

You could dredge more shipping channels but it would probably take months and a lot of resources.

Surfer

[philip964]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Iran has seized two oil tankers.

One was British flagged.

[RoyGBiv]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Iran has seized two oil tankers.

One was British flagged.

The other is British owned Liberian flagged.

[C-dub]

Here we go!

[philip964]

https://news.yahoo.com/iran-execute-mem ... 15572.html

Iran to execute 17 of their people as CIA spies.

[03Lightningrocks]

We need to turn Iran into a radioactive waste dump.

[howdy]

Website showing current shipping traffic throughout the world: Look at the Persian Gulf traffic

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 6.1/zoom:5

[Beiruty]

Website showing current shipping traffic throughout the world: Look at the Persian Gulf traffic

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 6.1/zoom:5

Amazing web site.

[narcissist]

Give Peace A Chance?

[Grayling813]

[rotor]

I would hate to see Iran turned into a radioactive dump. The Iranian people are great people and are captive of a tyrannical government. If we do strike we need to hit the revolutionary guard and the mullahs.