{"id":114572,"date":"2021-06-14T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114572"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:14:59","slug":"us-tracking-iranian-ships-headed-to-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114572","title":{"rendered":"US tracking Iranian ships headed to Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIRIS Makran With Gunboats<\/p>\n

Last summer, Venezuela was considering entering a new arms deal with Iran, one that could include long-range missiles capable of reaching the United States.<\/p>\n

Today, U.S. officials worry that two Iranian Navy ships slowly steaming across the Atlantic might be carrying the arms Venezuela. I suppose the gunboats Makran<\/em> has as deck cargo gave them away. The Biden administration is\u00a0warning Caracas to reject the delivery, saying ominously that the U.S. will take \u201cappropriate measures\u201d if needed.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait to see what \u201cappropriate measures\u201d the Biden Klown Krew <\/del> Administration will come up with. David sends.<\/p>\n

Fears over Iranian gunboats ‘delivering missiles’ to Venezuela<\/h3>\n

Simeon Tegel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concern is mounting over two ships from the Iranian Navy thought to be carrying a cargo of missiles and speeding across the Atlantic Ocean toward Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Satellite images show the larger of the two ships, the Makran, a forward supply vessel, carrying small, fast attack boats on its deck. It is unclear what the other ship, a frigate named Sahand, might be carrying.<\/p>\n

The ships were mid-ocean on Saturday, after reportedly departing from the port of Bandar Abbas in early May. It marks the first time that the Iranian military has sent vessels to round the Cape of Good Hope and enter the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Yet Venezuela already has a fleet of similar small launches. A much greater concern would be Caracas acquiring new capabilities, in particular surface-to-surface missiles, which could threaten Venezuela\u2019s neighbors, starting with Colombia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sadly, the Law of the Sea prohibits the US from boarding these vessels- they enjoy sovereign immunity as they are in governmental, non-commercial service. Not that a MK-48 ADCAP would care.<\/p>\n

Yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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