AURaptor 1,126 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 You are reliable if nothing else. :-\ Yeah, what ever. Can't even dare to take a walk on the wild side, and *imagine* such a scenario ? Not like Iran has a rich tradition of capture US sailors, putting them on their knees, guns pointed at their heads, and then releasing the photos and video to the world, now is it ? When's the last time that has happened, btw ? Oh, and would you look at the timing of it all ! Gee, RIGHT before Obam's SOTU speech , and days before gettin' 150 Billion in much needed $$$. Naw... that's just crazy talk, huh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 169 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Interesting comments by Matt Bracken an ex Navy Seal that served on these type boats. I rarely pull out my dusty old trident, but in this case, here goes. I was a Navy SEAL officer in the 1980s, and this kind of operation (transiting small boats in foreign waters) was our bread and butter. Today, these boats both not only had radar, but multiple GPS devices, including chart plotters that place your boat's icon right on the chart. The claim by Iran that the USN boats "strayed into Iranian waters" is complete bull$#it. For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation's claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that's why two boats go on these trips and not one! It's called "self-rescue" and it's SOP. This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters. They were overtaken in international waters by Iranian patrol boats that were so superior in both speed and firepower that it became a "hands up!" situation, with automatic cannons in the 40mm to 76mm range pointed at them point-blank. Surrender, hands up, or be blown out of the water. I assume that the Iranians had an English speaker on a loudspeaker to make the demand. This takedown was no accident or coincidence, it was a planned slap across America's face. Just watch. The released sailors will be ordered not to say a word about the incident, and the Iranians will have taken every GPS device, chart-plotter etc off the boats, so that we will not be able to prove where our boats were taken. The "strayed into Iranian waters" story being put out by Iran and our groveling and appeasing State Dept. is utter and complete BS from one end to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,126 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Interesting comments by Matt Bracken an ex Navy Seal that served on these type boats. I rarely pull out my dusty old trident, but in this case, here goes. I was a Navy SEAL officer in the 1980s, and this kind of operation (transiting small boats in foreign waters) was our bread and butter. Today, these boats both not only had radar, but multiple GPS devices, including chart plotters that place your boat's icon right on the chart. The claim by Iran that the USN boats "strayed into Iranian waters" is complete bull$#it. For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation's claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that's why two boats go on these trips and not one! It's called "self-rescue" and it's SOP. This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters. They were overtaken in international waters by Iranian patrol boats that were so superior in both speed and firepower that it became a "hands up!" situation, with automatic cannons in the 40mm to 76mm range pointed at them point-blank. Surrender, hands up, or be blown out of the water. I assume that the Iranians had an English speaker on a loudspeaker to make the demand. This takedown was no accident or coincidence, it was a planned slap across America's face. Just watch. The released sailors will be ordered not to say a word about the incident, and the Iranians will have taken every GPS device, chart-plotter etc off the boats, so that we will not be able to prove where our boats were taken. The "strayed into Iranian waters" story being put out by Iran and our groveling and appeasing State Dept. is utter and complete BS from one end to the other. Just another kook fringe Right-winger, no doubt. What's he know, anyways ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueVue 177 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Interesting comments by Matt Bracken an ex Navy Seal that served on these type boats. I rarely pull out my dusty old trident, but in this case, here goes. I was a Navy SEAL officer in the 1980s, and this kind of operation (transiting small boats in foreign waters) was our bread and butter. Today, these boats both not only had radar, but multiple GPS devices, including chart plotters that place your boat's icon right on the chart. The claim by Iran that the USN boats "strayed into Iranian waters" is complete bull$#it. For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation's claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that's why two boats go on these trips and not one! It's called "self-rescue" and it's SOP. This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters. They were overtaken in international waters by Iranian patrol boats that were so superior in both speed and firepower that it became a "hands up!" situation, with automatic cannons in the 40mm to 76mm range pointed at them point-blank. Surrender, hands up, or be blown out of the water. I assume that the Iranians had an English speaker on a loudspeaker to make the demand. This takedown was no accident or coincidence, it was a planned slap across America's face. Just watch. The released sailors will be ordered not to say a word about the incident, and the Iranians will have taken every GPS device, chart-plotter etc off the boats, so that we will not be able to prove where our boats were taken. The "strayed into Iranian waters" story being put out by Iran and our groveling and appeasing State Dept. is utter and complete BS from one end to the other. Just another kook fringe Right-winger, no doubt. What's he know, anyways ? I suspect we're going to be hearing about this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 We support the troops!* *As long as it makes Obama look bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Three Americans now feared hostage in Iraq. Gitmo will soon be empty so Obama won't have to make a big deal of closing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Three Americans now feared hostage in Iraq. Gitmo will soon be empty so Obama won't have to make a big deal of closing it. News flash!Iraq is a dangerous place. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Three Americans now feared hostage in Iraq. Gitmo will soon be empty so Obama won't have to make a big deal of closing it. News flash!Iraq is a dangerous place. Carry on. Dick Tracy....so is Iran where the most recent prisoners were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBags7277 734 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Three Americans now feared hostage in Iraq. Gitmo will soon be empty so Obama won't have to make a big deal of closing it. Attack!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Three Americans now feared hostage in Iraq. Gitmo will soon be empty so Obama won't have to make a big deal of closing it. Attack!!! Nope....just find Ross Perot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU_Tiger_88 417 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Interesting comments by Matt Bracken an ex Navy Seal that served on these type boats. I rarely pull out my dusty old trident, but in this case, here goes. I was a Navy SEAL officer in the 1980s, and this kind of operation (transiting small boats in foreign waters) was our bread and butter. Today, these boats both not only had radar, but multiple GPS devices, including chart plotters that place your boat's icon right on the chart. The claim by Iran that the USN boats "strayed into Iranian waters" is complete bull$#it. For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation's claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that's why two boats go on these trips and not one! It's called "self-rescue" and it's SOP. This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters. They were overtaken in international waters by Iranian patrol boats that were so superior in both speed and firepower that it became a "hands up!" situation, with automatic cannons in the 40mm to 76mm range pointed at them point-blank. Surrender, hands up, or be blown out of the water. I assume that the Iranians had an English speaker on a loudspeaker to make the demand. This takedown was no accident or coincidence, it was a planned slap across America's face. Just watch. The released sailors will be ordered not to say a word about the incident, and the Iranians will have taken every GPS device, chart-plotter etc off the boats, so that we will not be able to prove where our boats were taken. The "strayed into Iranian waters" story being put out by Iran and our groveling and appeasing State Dept. is utter and complete BS from one end to the other. I didn't buy the nav problem by one boat and the other boat having engine problems as it was reported. I know that the SOP is to tow the other boat if it had problems and the other could do the navigation. I also didn't buy the straying into Iran's waters as we practice not going that close in the Navy a lot of the times. So it would be interesting to know the whole truth but I doubt we will ever get the entire truth out of this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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