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09-29-11, 06:02 PM
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Navy Seal
 Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Rochester, New York
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Iran to build aircraft carrier!
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201620.html
YEA RIGHT!!!  1st thing I thought was: Is Ivan selling the Kuznetsov?!?  2nd thing was: They got a buyer for HMS Invincible?  So THAT is what this photo was of: 
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09-29-11, 06:15 PM
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Navy Seal
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterloo, Canada
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Does their Jamaran even qualify as a destroyer by today's standards?
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09-29-11, 06:22 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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Good idea and hope it costs lot more than they can spend.
They already have the new f-18s  ...and tomcats.
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09-29-11, 06:28 PM
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Navy Seal
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09-29-11, 06:46 PM
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Captain
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A carrier? They need to build a DDG first IMO...
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09-29-11, 08:00 PM
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Let's Sink Sumptin' !
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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Let them sink all manner of expensive resources into it. If they succeed...
The new Iranian carrier Ayatollah Khomeini two minutes after it's commissioning. 
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09-30-11, 03:30 AM
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Born to Run Silent
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09-30-11, 06:01 AM
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Der Alte
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Hey now, there are alot of realism freaks around here! Try this on for size  
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09-29-11, 08:13 PM
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Navy Seal
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09-29-11, 08:15 PM
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Captain
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole
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I think we should name an SSN USS Praying Mantis and permanently station it in the Arabian Gulf just to screw with the Iranians.
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