Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.

 And sank?  What, no fire control on that thing?

The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 790 miles southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Photos circulated on Iranian social media of sailors wearing life jackets evacuating the vessel as a fire burned behind them. State TV and semiofficial news agencies referred to the Kharg as a “training ship.” Fars published video of thick, black smoke rising from the ship early Wednesday morning.

The sinking of the Kharg also marks the latest naval disaster for Iran.

In 2020 during an Iranian military training exercise, a missile mistakenly struck a naval vessel near the port of Jask, killing19 sailors and wounding 15. Also in 2018, an Iranian navy destroyer sank in the Caspian Sea.

Or, maybe something like this is the explanation:



18 comments:

  1. My thoughts exactly,someone (us) sunk that ship

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    1. Not us. Those are Jopedo's buds.
      Bet Bibi had his boys around somewhere.

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    2. And who did Bibi have at the refinery?

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  2. Think there was a chick commanding?

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  3. Score another one for the Israeli intelligence service?

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  4. Doesn't Iran have a couple of warships arriving in Venezuela soon? 'Prolly just a co-ink-i-dink.

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    1. this was their only ship able to support a fleet at see ie resupply/refuel. oops!

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    2. Given the state of Venzuela's economy and oil industry at present, it's probably the only thing capable of re-supply/refueling their fleet there in port, too.

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  5. iranian crew fought the fire? b.s., they were hauling ass away from it. can't say i blame them, ship mysteriously bursting into flames and all.

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  6. Israel has Dolphin class subs.

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  7. More likely the unscrewed the drain cap

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  8. This would be a use of our tax dollars that makes me smile, there are so few.

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  9. And about an hour later there was a massive explosion at Iran's biggest refinery.

    This is how Israel treats its neighbours. And they wonder why they don't have a friend in the world - only slaves and servants

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    1. Yeah...because the Iranians are such good neighbors.

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  10. SLOW joe doesn't have the gonads.Trump

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  11. I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not bummed for them...

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  12. Odds are extremely high that this was no accident and the Israelis had something to do with it. And Bibi doesn't mask Pedo Joe for permission.....or even tell him what they are planning.

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