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Old 22-07-2019, 20:42   #77
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz

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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
Send the SAS to take back the Tanker.

After all we know what happened during the Iranian hostage seige back in the 80's
It's in a port, probably surrounded by heavy weaponry, and would take ages to power up and then slowly move off. Impossible.

And any attack on it would mean the end of the crew.

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The Iranians knew they were no match for International heavy warships, so concentrated on building thousands of fast boats that would be able to swarm attack any intruders.

I'm sure that many are fitted with H.E. charges so they could be used like kamikaze weapons.
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