MASSIVE U.S. NAVEL ARMADA HEADS FOR IRAN
AUG 8 2008
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran - Aug 7
Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint
US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval
blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The
massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy
expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a
French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy
cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the "enemy force".
The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71)
and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards Iran along
with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7)
coming from Japan.
They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS
Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and the
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.
Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and
its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07) carrier
battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear hunter-killer
submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets on-board the USS
Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just completed Operation
Brimstone.
The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest
multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent
is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under
international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to
prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products headed
to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity and imports
40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products would cripple
the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a
war with Iran.
The US Naval forces being assembled include the following:
Carrier Strike Group Nine
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Two
Destroyer Squadron Nine:
USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser
USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer
USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer
USS Shoup (DDG86) guided missile destroyer
USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate
USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate
USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate
Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines
Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship
USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship/landing dock
USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser
USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer
USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer
Carrier Strike Group Two
USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Eight
Destroyer Squadron 22
USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser
USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer
USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer
USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer
USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier
with its Amphibious Squadron Four
and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship
USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser
USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer
USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship
USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer
USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
Carrier Strike Group Seven
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing 14
Destroyer Squadron 7
USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser
USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer
USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer
USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer
USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate
USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship
Also likely to join the battle armada:
UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided missile
destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and support ships
French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste and
perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off of the
USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock,
and assorted surface warships
Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships. The following
USN ships took part (as the "enemy" forces) in Operation Brimstone and several
may join in:
USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser
USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser
USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser
USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer
USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer
USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate
The USS Iwo Jima and USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Groups have USMC Harrier
jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The
Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with
amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters and
in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long island off of
Bandar Abbas in the Gulf of Hormuz and headquarters of the Iranian Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps).
The large and very advanced nature of the US Naval warships is not only
directed at Iran. There is a great fear that Russia and China may oppose the
naval and air/land blockade of Iran. If Russian and perhaps Chinese naval
warships escort commercial tankers to Iran in violation of the blockade it
could be the most dangerous at-sea confrontation since the Cuban Missile
Crisis. The US and allied Navies, by front loading a Naval blockade force with
very powerful guided missile warships and strike carriers is attempting to
have a force so powerful that Russia and China will not be tempted to mess
with. This is a most serious game of military brinkmanship with major nuclear
armed powers that have profound objections to the neo-con grand strategy and
to western control of all of the Middle East's oil supply.
The Russian Navy this spring sent a major battle fleet into the Mediterranean
headed by the modern aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov and the flagship
of its Black Sea Fleet, the Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser Moskva. This powerful
fleet has at least 11 surface ships and unknown numbers of subs and can use
the Russian naval facility at Syria's Tartous port for resupply. The Admiral
Kuznetsov carries approximately 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The warplanes
are mostly the powerful Su-33, a naval version (with mid-air refueling
capability) of the Su-27 family. While the Su-33 is a very powerful warplane
it lacks the power of the stealth USAF F-22. However, the Russians insist that
they have developed a plasma based system that allows them to stealth any
aircraft and a recent incident where Russian fighters were able to appear
unannounced over a US Navy carrier battle group tends to confirm their claims.
The Su-33 can be armed with the 3M82 Moskit sea-skimming missile (NATO code
name SS-N-22 Sunburn) and the even more powerful P-800 Oniks (also named
Yakhonts; NATO code name SS-N-26 Onyx). Both missiles are designed to kill US
Navy supercarriers by getting past the cruiser/destroyer screen and the USN
point-defense Phalanx system by using high supersonic speeds and violent end
maneuvers. Russian subs currently use the underwater rocket VA-111 Shkval
(Squall), which is fired from standard 533mm torpedo tubes and reaches a speed
of 360kph (230mph) underwater. There is no effective countermeasures to this
system and no western counterpart.
A strategic diversion has been created for Russia. The Republic of Georgia,
with US backing, is actively preparing for war on South Ossetia. The South
Ossetia capital has been shelled and a large Georgian tank force has been
heading towards the border. Russia has stated that it will not sit by and
allow the Georgians to attack South Ossetia. The Russians are great chess
players and this game may not turn out so well for the neo-cons. UPDATE 8
August 2008 ~ War has broken out between Georgia and South Ossetia. At least
10 Russian troops have been killed and 30 wounded and 2 Russian fighter jets
downed. American Marines, a thousand of them, have recently been in Georgia
training the Georgian military forces. Several European nations stopped Bush
and others from allowing Georgia into NATO. Russia is moving a large military
force with armor towards the area. This could get bad, and remember it is just
a strategic diversion....but one that could have horrific effects.
Link to story "Russia sends forces
into Georgia rebel conflict". FURTHER UPDATE ~ Russian military forces in
active combat; now total of four Russian fighter jets reported downed.
ADDITIONAL UPDATE ~ Georgia calls for US help; Russian Air Force bombs
Georgian air bases. DEBKA, the Israeli strategy and military site, states that
Israeli military officers are advising the Georgian armed forces in combat
operations and that 1,000 Israelis are in-combat on the side of Georgia at
this time.
Kuwait has activated its "Emergency War Plan" as it and other Gulf nations
prepare for the likelihood of a major regional war in the Middle East
involving weapons of mass destruction.
The two-ton elephant in the living room of the neo-con strategy is the
advanced biowar (ABW) that Iran, and to a lessor extent Syria, has. This
places the motherlands of the major neo-con nations (America, France, the
United Kingdom), as well as Israel, in grave danger. When the Soviet Union
fell the Iranians hired as many out-of-work former Soviet advanced biowar
experts as possible. In the last 15 or so years they have helped to develop a
truly world class ABW program utilizing recombination DNA genetic engineering
technology to create a large number of man made killer viruses. This form of
weapon system does not require high tech military delivery systems. The
viruses are sub-microscopic and once seeded in a population use the population
itself as vectors. Seeding can be done without notice in shopping malls,
churches, and other public places. The only real defense to an advanced global
strategic biowar attack is to lock down the population as rapidly as possible
and let those infected die off.
Unless the public gets it act together and forces the neo-cons to stop the
march to yet another war in the Middle East we are apt to see a truly horrific
nightmare unfold in OUR COUNTRIES.
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