Australians 1, Iran 0

[johnny861]

Iran 'unable to take Australians'

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned.
The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March.

The lessons from the earlier attempt do not appear to have been applied in time by British maritime patrols.

The 15 Britons were searching a cargo boat in the Gulf when they were captured over a boundary dispute.

'Having none of it'

When Iranian Revolutionary Guards captured the British sailors and Royal Marines in March, it was not exactly their first attempt.

It turns out that Iranian forces made an earlier concerted attempt to seize a boarding party from the Royal Australian Navy.

The Australians, though, to quote one military source, "were having none of it".

The BBC has been told the Australians re-boarded the vessel they had just searched, aimed their machine guns at the approaching Iranians and warned them to back off, using what was said to be "highly colourful language".

The Iranians withdrew, and the Australians were reportedly lifted off the ship by one of their own helicopters.

The circumstances for the Britons in March were slightly different in that they were caught so much by surprise that, had they attempted to repel the Iranians with their limited firepower, they would doubtless have taken very heavy casualties.

But military sources say that what is of concern is that the Royal Navy did not appear to have taken sufficient account of the lessons of the Australian encounter.

In an oblique reference to the threat from Iran, Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, has recently admitted there was a need for greater strategic awareness in the northern Gulf.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by johnny861

In an oblique reference to the threat from Iran, Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, has recently admitted there was a need for greater strategic awareness in the northern Gulf.

There's great need for her Majesty's Navy to pull its collective head out of its ass and recognize that Churchill's comments regarding the principle of appeasement apply equally well today to Iran and that a showing of strength (strong horse to use OBLs langauge) is respected while a showing of weakness is not.

[paigesauce]

I love it! The Aussie's are bout it bout it!
We should use them as an example for our selves and HAVE NONE OF IT!

[PETA]

Originally Posted by Paige

I love it! The Aussie's are bout it bout it!
We should use them as an example for our selves and HAVE NONE OF IT!

You think the Iranians don't know that aggressively approaching an American warship is a fast track route to the bottom?

[paigesauce]

Hmmm... guess i do not understand your question...

[Mundo]

I thought this was a soccer score for some asia-zone offyear cup or somesuch lol

Summary: Kangaroos for the win apparently

[PETA]

Originally Posted by Paige

Hmmm... guess i do not understand your question...

It was rhetorical. I was saying that the Iranians no better than to pull that shit with the US Navy because we will sink their boats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

[paigesauce]

Originally Posted by xian

It was rhetorical. I was saying that the Iranians no better than to pull that shit with the US Navy because we will sink their boats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

got it! no doubt.

[johnny861]

My favorite Austrailian military story was the one about the helicopter flight simulator that had a few cut corners in the programming that resulted in kanagaroos sneaking up on helicopters from behind small hills with handheld SAM launchers.

If their training includes even kangaroos launching counterattacks against your troops, I'd be staying away from the Austrailian military. lol

[PETA]

Originally Posted by johnny861

My favorite Austrailian military story was the one about the helicopter flight simulator that had a few cut corners in the programming that resulted in kanagaroos sneaking up on helicopters from behind small hills with handheld SAM launchers.

I heard it was done intentionally? Great story though.


My unce tells me this story of waking up on ship from a night out drinking with a bunch of Ausie sailors and seeing people in shorts. He said his first thought, when he could stop his hed from swimming was, "dear God I hope we're not at sea!" The moral of the story was apparently that Ausies can drink... lots!