Persian Gulf

  • Dozens Of Underwater Drones Deployed To The Waters Of Iran
    August 13, 2012 What to do when international talks begin falling apart? Send a fleet of unmanned submersibles in preparation for a waterway showdown. As US talks with Iran over their nuclear program began to sour and the possibility of sanctions against the...
  • U.S. moving submersibles to Persian Gulf to oppose Iran
    July 12, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Navy is rushing dozens of unmanned underwater craft to the Persian Gulf to help detect and destroy mines in a major military buildup aimed at preventing Iran from closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the event of a...
  • U.S. Aircraft Carriers Departing Persian Gulf?
    April 06, 2012 The latest Stratfor Naval Update map suggests that reports speculating a potential Israeli attack on Iran has been delayed until next year are accurate. With the U.S. having positioned numerous aircraft carriers and other warships in the Persian...
  • Navy to send more mine-counter ships to Persian Gulf region
    March 16, 2012   SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. Navy plans to bolster mine warfare forces in the Persian Gulf as tensions rise with Iran over its nuclear program and threats to block the Strait of Hormuz, according to Senate testimony earlier...
  • Russian Army Chief: Decision On Iran Attack To Be Made By Summer
    February 14, 2012 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov says that a decision by the U.S. and Israel on whether or not to launch a military attack on Iran will be taken before the summer. “Iran, of cause, is a sore spot. Some...
  • Iran begins war games in Strait of Hormuz
    February 04, 2012 Iran has started military exercises, planned weeks in advance, in the narrow Strait of Hormuz. The exercises come after the West dispatched more warships to the region amid on-going tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. The hard-line...
  • Three US Warships To Patrol Waters Near Strait of Hormuz
    January 12, 2012 A total of three US warships will patrol the waters surrounding the Strait of Hormuz following confirmation that a third aircraft carrier strike group is being sent to the Arabian Sea as tensions with Iran rise. “Another carrier strike...
  • Iran Has Ability to Block Strait of Hormuz, U.S. General Dempsey Tells CBS
    January 09, 2012 Iran has the ability to block the Strait of Hormuz “for a period of time,” and the U.S. would take action to reopen it, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Martin Dempsey said. “They’ve invested in capabilities that...
  • Confrontation? Iran’s New Naval Exercise to Coincide With US/Israeli Drill
    January 06, 2012   Iran’s newly announced “massive” naval drill, set to take place within the next few weeks near the Strait of Hormuz, will coincide with a major US/Israeli exercise in the same region, increasing the chances that a war...
  • ‘US orders media silence over Bahrain’
    April 01, 2011 President of Bahrain’s Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab says the US media have been ordered not to cover news on the government’s brutal crackdown on Bahraini people. Reports from the Center’s colleagues in the United...
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