Iranian Navy Boasts of Quantity over Quality: go Tell it to the Arabs…….
“The former naval chief for Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the country has set aside 100 military vessels to confront each warship from the U.S. or any other foreign power that might pose a threat, an Iranian newspaper reported Saturday. Such a military confrontation in the vital oil lanes of the Persian Gulf would be of major global concern. The warning builds on earlier threats by Iran to seal off the Gulf's strategic Strait of Hormuz — through which 40 percent of the world's oil passes — in response to any military attack. "We have set aside 100 military vessels for each (U.S.) warship to attack at the time of necessity," Gen. Morteza Saffari was quoted as saying by the conservative weekly Panjereh…… Saffari said more than 100 foreign warships were currently in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, adding that their sailors were "morsels" for Iran's military to target, the newspaper reported…….”
I doubt that it will be numbers of vessels that count in case of a conflict- not in this case. If it were a matter of numbers, Israel would be the weakest country in the Middle East, okay third weakest. There is a lot of idle bragging here. If we learned anything from the Arab-Israeli wars it is that "it is not the numbers, it is the quality, stupid", and not just the quality of the equipment.
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