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0 pointsbpodgursky1mo ago0 comments

Iran, like most countries, does not a blue water navy with assets in the Mediterranean sea to perform realtime surveillance.

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rtkwe1mo ago

They had a handful of frigates mostly but those could go out as far as the Med pretty easily. One of their ships was sunk near Sri Lanka.

signatoremo1mo ago

It was sunk there because it attended an on-off event in India before that. Iran's ships don't get on regular trips far from home.

rtkwe1mo ago

They don't but it shows they could.

awesome_dude1mo ago

I mean, a personal yacht can sail around the world, that's not really demonstrating whether the vessel is useful in combat operations anywhere in the world.

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rtkwe1mo ago

They had a handful of frigates mostly but those could go out as far as the Med pretty easily. One of their ships was sunk near Sri Lanka.

signatoremo1mo ago

It was sunk there because it attended an on-off event in India before that. Iran's ships don't get on regular trips far from home.

rtkwe1mo ago

They don't but it shows they could.

awesome_dude1mo ago

I mean, a personal yacht can sail around the world, that's not really demonstrating whether the vessel is useful in combat operations anywhere in the world.

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