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2025-12-27 Caribbean-Latin America

Iran's 104th naval flotilla is en route to South America to escort merchant vessels

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Posted by badanov 2025-12-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1821 views ] Top
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1 The video looks like CCG ships, bet ya that the actual ships are mostly rust buckets.

What happens when they run ouot of fuel? Can they resupply?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-12-27 00:44|| 2025-12-27 00:44|| Front Page Top

2 Looks less heavily armed than some of our CG cutters. That should be able to escort one tanker. Pretty long round trip.

Posted by Unase Mussolini2801 2025-12-27 01:31|| 2025-12-27 01:31|| Front Page Top

3 Operation Praying Mantis Part II: Electric Boogaloo

Posted by DarthVader 2025-12-27 01:49|| 2025-12-27 01:49|| Front Page Top

4 This is right back to the Age of wooden ships and iron men.
Seriously, this is how the whole world operated before the US Navy put a stop to it after WW2. Now the US has broken the taboo by seizing a Venezuelan tanker, why shouldn't it be this way?
Sail that tanker into port, sell the oil and rebate the money directly to American taxpayers.
Who's for it?

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-12-27 07:19|| 2025-12-27 07:19|| Front Page Top

5 I believe that under Article 42 of the UN Charter, the UN has to mandate a naval blockade that is recognized by all its members. Iran is a member of the UN. A motion to officially declare a binding blockade on Venezuela has not been passed. Iran is not legally obligated to honor the US blockade.

Repercussions? Sure! If Iran sends some poorly manned and equipped rust buckets into the area and the US elects to engage them, then we are in a Han Solo situation (who shot first?). Surprisingly, neither the US nor Iran have officially declared war on one another (despite multiple military or terrorist actions by both sides). Sinking a warship is pretty much casus belli under any reading of international law.

I guess we get to see who blinks first and what the other side does next. Again . . .

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2025-12-27 11:19|| 2025-12-27 11:19|| Front Page Top

Posted by Gleng Whaick2262 2025-12-27 12:08|| 2025-12-27 12:08|| Front Page Top

7 Any idea what the other 103 flotillas are doing meanwhile?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-12-27 13:46|| 2025-12-27 13:46|| Front Page Top

8 Cornering the 57th State's Intercontinental Railroad?

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-27 13:59|| 2025-12-27 13:59|| Front Page Top

9 It starts in the Caribbean; it will end in the Straits of Hormuz with the Iranians using all the drone techniques that we taught the Ukrainians. .

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-27 16:04|| 2025-12-27 16:04|| Front Page Top

10 Lok who is sailing with the USS Iwo Jima ARG

https://www.outkick.com/culture/mv-ocean-trader-ghost-ship-resurfaces

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-12-27 17:16|| 2025-12-27 17:16|| Front Page Top

11 Iran has on several occasions said it would sent their navy to the West Atlantic. They have made it to the East Atlantic and refueled at Russian ports in the Baltic. However, they have never made it to South America as far as I know.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-12-27 19:57|| 2025-12-27 19:57|| Front Page Top

12 We need reefs. Continue.

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-27 20:05|| 2025-12-27 20:05|| Front Page Top

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