US doubling minesweepers in Arabian gulf
Iran issued some more threats to shut the The United States is sending four minesweeping ships and four minesweeping helicopters to augment its naval forces in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy's top officer told a US Senate committee on Thursday.Hmmm.
"We are moving four more minesweepers to the region, making eight," Adm. Jonathan Greenert said in the Senate Armed Services Committee, declining to say when the deployment would take place.
Labels: Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, Persian Gulf
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:52 AM
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Hmmm indeed. Since 6-8 months is considered the max timeframe by the US Navy for a ship deployment, their sending those ships now makes a fairly distinct calendar marking on when "things are going to happen."
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