US: ‘Iran preparing suicide bomb boats’
February 13th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattTehran, Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US officials say Iran has prepared suicide boats to fight foreign forces on the Gulf. Tehran has threatened the United States and other Western nations from operating on the Gulf.
US naval officers say they are ready for the threat that the Iranians pose on the water. Vice Admiral Mark Fox revealed to reporters that the United States have seen the strategy of the Iranian forces. He however assured that the country has come up with a strategy to counter the threat.
He revealed that, “They have increased the number of submarines … they increased the number of fast attack craft. Some of the small boats have been outfitted with a large warhead that could be used as a suicide explosive device. The Iranians have a large mine inventory… We have watched with interest their development of long range rockets and short, medium and long range ballistic missiles and of course … the development of their nuclear programme.”
Officials announced that Iran currently has 10 submarines. However with the strong presence of U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, the threat of the Iranians is minimized. The US is also wary of the vulnerability of the carrier because of the 1996 Al Qaeda attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen.
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