Canada has had ships deployed to the Persian Gulf region in the past.
This website says they have ships currently deployed in anti-pirate operations off Somalia, and in operations off Libya:
Meh, the whole point of the exercise is impress the folks back home. Iran’s leadership knows that and so does the US Government.
Sooner or later, the PRC Navy will conduct a fleet exercise off the west coast of the US. I’d say that would generate a far bigger cry. Flashbacks to Pearl Harbor and all that.
You said something about loss of life?
The Army of the Revolution is the Revolutionary Guard, the “elite” forces charged with protecting the regime. They have their own ground, air and sea units. According to wikipedia, their naval units are just fast attack boats and patrol craft, though - so I don’t know how they’d get off the East Coast, unless they commandered the regular Navy’s boats.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will be available after tonight’s game…somehow I think that would make for an excellent Post-Season if they did a blockade the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranian Navy is halfway over to us…you know…just to even things out.
No, I did not.
Close enough for their multi-stage rockets?
The Pirates can’t blockade home plate.
Are the moose invading or something? I need to stay current.
Man, that’s* cold.*
None of their current ships has any capability for launching such a rocket. Biggest missile in their seaborne inventory is the Noor, which is a copy of the Chinese C-802/‘Eagle Strike’-82. 165kg high explosive, 120-500km strike range depending on variant.
That could be sufficient for their needs.
There’s this war in Afghanistan. We aren’t there because we got attacked.
Chill out.
Thank you again.
You guys did a good bit in World War II, also.
I have a mental image of these twerps sailing off the coast of Nantucket, in February, try to keep warm, and getting their first encounter with icebergs.
HOLY TITANIC, BATMAN!
If they get nukes, this sort of thing could be a problem.
In the Navy…
Well, our contingent used to be bigger, until an American pilot killed some of our guys.
So I invite fewer idiotic remarks about my country and its military.
Can we still point out that all Canadians ride a Battle Moose to work and live on a diet that consists entirely of frozen cubes of maple syrup and poutine?