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Iran Detains 10 U.S. Navy Personnel
- Thread starter HH-60H
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Yes? Any analysis or commentary? I can draw several conclusions on my own, but it would be interesting if you shared your own with the link.
You go Paddles.........I was going to say something, but thought better of it dredging up that abortion.
AQ-AT-NAVCIV
Citizen Sailor, Gentleman Farmer
Basic SERE is on NKO. We have all civil servants take it as its required for most country clearances, even Japan. I'm sure if you visit CENTCOM's website its required to enter that AOR.
We did when we stood up that mission. Or at least something similar. Dunno what they do now.
While I am very interested in how these boats ended up in Iranian water, how if one of them had a casualty, the other didn't tow that one out, how they let themselves get "arrested" with all of those weapons and ammo when I'm pretty sure the law of the sea allows vessels to enter territorial waters if they are in distress, what I'm really concerned with is how these idiots acted once in custody and on video. I don't need more to the story to know I don't like what I see on the videos.
What does that have to do with anything?
Redux
Well-Known Member
Sure, much like Benghazi.............. Bobo has proven many times over he's all about transparency.
That's quite the false dichotomy you've drawn there.
Yes? Go on...?
Are there any "less lethal" means of deterring a neutral/hostile force from doing a maritime interdiction (like VBSS) on our small/medium size surface vessels?
I wonder if there is a "middle ground" of countermeasures, somewhere between unconditional surrender (e.g. this incident or Hainan island) ...and... firing the M240 or .50cal at the pursuing ship, being outgunned, risking the lives of your entire crew, and potentially starting a shooting war that would be terrible for everyone.
I see that we have been experimenting with tech such as blinding lasers and acoustic deterrence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Acoustic_Device
Appreciate any UNCLASS insight or opinions anyone may have on this topic. I am here to listen and learn!
I wonder if there is a "middle ground" of countermeasures, somewhere between unconditional surrender (e.g. this incident or Hainan island) ...and... firing the M240 or .50cal at the pursuing ship, being outgunned, risking the lives of your entire crew, and potentially starting a shooting war that would be terrible for everyone.
I see that we have been experimenting with tech such as blinding lasers and acoustic deterrence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Acoustic_Device
Appreciate any UNCLASS insight or opinions anyone may have on this topic. I am here to listen and learn!
Ah, good point sir! Then I guess job #1 to prevent future incidents like this one is for the IWC to enable 100% secure, un-jammable comms. Total RF spectrum dominance.
DARPA has been working on something like this. It's based on particle physics using conjoined atoms (Einstein called "spooky action at a distance"). My knuckle-dragger understanding: Basically, you have these joined atoms that exist in different places in space, but when you rotate one atom, its joined counterpart rotates in an equal and opposite manner immediately, no matter where it is in the building/ sea/ planet/ solar system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution