11 US warships pass through the Suez...

SteamWake · 06-20-10, 04:03 PM

Gulp...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164

Oberon · 06-20-10, 04:06 PM

Well, this'll end well.

Jimbuna · 06-20-10, 04:40 PM

It's possible Obama has come off the fence...at last.

Skybird · 06-20-10, 05:05 PM

Why those many warships? A wolfpack of Type VIIs, und gut is' !

Oberon · 06-20-10, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Why those many warships? A wolfpack of Type VIIs, und gut is' !

Bah, high tech gizmos, handful of longships'll send them running for their mummies

06-20-10, 06:41 PM

Looks like "something" may hit the fan shortly.

TLAM Strike · 06-20-10, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Why those many warships?

11 ships sounds like a full CSG.

CSG:
1 CVN with Airwing
1 AOE
1 to 2 CGs (Tico Class)
2 to 3 DDGs (Burkes)
1 to 2 FFGs (OHP Class)
1 to 2 SSNs or SSGNs

Give or take a ship in each class and you get 11 warships. If I was Iran I would be worried if there were more because that would mean an ESG was riding shotgun.

EDIT: I think they are making something out of nothing, US CSGs transit the Suez all the time. Maybe they just wanted all the ships going though at once rather than in one big group (The flattop) and a few single ship transits.

06-20-10, 07:15 PM

It's a relief deployment. They are relieving another carrier battle group! This is typical every six to 12 months.

SteamWake · 06-20-10, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by thorn69

It's a relief deployment. They are relieving another carrier battle group! This is typical every six to 12 months.

Source?

Skybird · 06-21-10, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by thorn69

It's a relief deployment. They are relieving another carrier battle group! This is typical every six to 12 months.

It seems to be not so typical that the whole armada then would pass through the Suez in one rush. The article says that.

I personally, if time is no critical factor, would even refuse to pass high value assets like carriers and cruisers through a narrow waterstreet at all, even at peacetimes. If mtime allows, let them sail around Africa - much reduced vulnerability that way. But this only on a sidenote.

TLAM,
did you miss my joke?

Your reply was so terribly fact-oriented.

Jimbuna · 06-21-10, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Bah, high tech gizmos, handful of longships'll send them running for their mummies

Was there an intentional pun there?

Oberon · 06-21-10, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Was there an intentional pun there?

?

raymond6751 · 06-21-10, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

11 ships sounds like a full CSG.

CSG:
1 CVN with Airwing
1 AOE
1 to 2 CGs (Tico Class)
2 to 3 DDGs (Burkes)
1 to 2 FFGs (OHP Class)
1 to 2 SSNs or SSGNs

Give or take a ship in each class and you get 11 warships. If I was Iran I would be worried if there were more because that would mean an ESG was riding shotgun.

EDIT: I think they are making something out of nothing, US CSGs transit the Suez all the time. Maybe they just wanted all the ships going though at once rather than in one big group (The flattop) and a few single ship transits.

The article mentioned marines, so this is likely a Marine rapid reaction force, involving a smaller carrier for choppers and amphib landing units.

A show of force I think. This might also be an opportune time to relocate some assets to the med that would go there anyway.

krashkart · 06-21-10, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

?

'handful', 'longships'

Oberon · 06-21-10, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

'handful', 'longships'

Ya gutter minded lot!

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