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Titolo: Intanto il golfo persico si ingolfa di navi da guerra.

Siamo prossimi alla October surprise che mettera' Obama in un angolo.
Pieni di debiti e con le banche che chiudono, gli USA cercano una guerra,
risolverebbe tutti i problemi come nel 91.
Si sono preparati bene, grandi armi, media sotto controllo, campagne
psicotiche che vanno avanti da oltre due anni.
La Ossezia mi sa tanto che e' solo un prologo, piccolo prologo.
Questa volta l'Europa non ha scampo, deve combattere per l'imperatore.
Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran
Europe Business Blog 23 agosto 2008
 
 
 
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.
Source > Europe Business Blog
 
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