Iraqi Navy Receives New Battleships

[kingmigget]

this military journalism from the army is terrible lol

[itgalore]

The US is achieving is objective by forcing Iraq to buy US military hardware, and buy into eternal maintenance contracts!

[alphafour]

i wonder if they could battle a wave in these tugboats lol

[FreeTh1nk3r]

The proper nomenclature is "warships." But in this case they're patrol "craft."

[PsyphaX09]

i was actually expecting a "REAL" battleship...lol

[Warrantofficer13]

But this is enough to defend Iraqi waters, they don't have much coastline that needs heavy defence. Just the Shat Al Arab.

[quickzilver333]

@Warrantofficer13 It's a patrol boat and it is well armed and equiped to defend the Iraqi coast. It's has the advantage to cover more area faster than any battle ship or cruisers.

[Waltham1892]

@quickzilver333

Sure Chief. I bet its equiped with the Aegis Flashlight, the Standard Toliet Roll Dispenser, and the Close In Life Raft Systems.

I'd take a third of a Destroyer over a Cruiser any ol' day.

[Warrantofficer13]

Are you kidding me? Iran has like a dozen of these and way bigger ones. Half of Iran's navy could sink Iraq's fleet in a few hours.

[quickzilver333]

@Warrantofficer13 Bigger doesn't mean it's better. These patrol boats is highly advance than it's Iran counterpart.

[MrDavisCampbell]

congrats Iraqi

[JankesPL1994]

0:43 O O O Orgazm!

[admiralpicard2010]

i think the word "battleship" is slightly misleading.

[quickzilver333]

@admiralpicard2010 Do not underestimate those patrol boats. It is well armed and equiped to sunk battle ships, submarines and shot down aircrafts.

[Riken]

Yeah I thought they stopped building battleships, isn't it all about cruisers, patrol boats, subs, and carriers now.

[starknight97]

@Riken yes they mean a ship that can battle. Their are no battle ship class ship left even in the u.s.. Just a few battle cruisers in Russia now.

[quickzilver333]

Finally Iraqi Military is getting better equipment compared to the Russian junks that they have.

[WASPfreak]

Those aren't battleships, you twat. Are you retarded or just ignorant?

[Simbstah1]

@WASPfreak Isnt "battleship" a name for all boats used for military activity, and are then divided into classes?

[WASPfreak]

@Simbstah1 No...a battleship is a very large, big-gun, heavily armored warship.  The USS Missouri (BB-63) is a battleship. It is 887.2 feet (270.4 meters) long, has a main battery of 16 inch guns, a displacement of 45,000 tons, and has armor ranging from 7.5 inches (or 190mm) to 19.7 inches (500mm). These swift boats don't even come close.

[SaintsSpecOps]

@Simbstah1

no thats a warship

[meee2014]

@SaintsSpecOps looks more like a yacht

[hasankagost]

Thx US you made a new Army which is better than before

[52111centrumcz]

Frankly, why do they call these glorified PT boats battleships?

[2006ASL]

@52111centrumcz "They" don't, this incredibly stupid Army E-4, however, does. The lesson? Don't let the Army cover a Navy story.

[52111centrumcz]

@2006ASL

Agreed. Maybe the Army news corps could actually use google? Or just ask a navy guy? I know there is rivalry, but dammit letting your pride make you look like an idiot in front of TV that will epitomize your idiocy for as long as youtube lasts doesn't exactly advance the agenda that army is best, imho.

[KCrenshaw09]

@HortonofDOOM What? It tells you how to spell it in the info section of the video.

[KCrenshaw09]

@HortonofDOOM Gerhard*

[rabankroll]

nevermind



[TheDevenrocks]

@HortonofDOOM was watching some show earlier with some general talking about how there not going to leave until were 100% sure the Taliban will not come back and if they do the Iraq security force will be able to defend itself.

[rabankroll]

@TheDevenrocks snake-doctor could disable that boat in 5min

[TheDevenrocks]

@rabankroll what?

[kowz4u]

what does it say on their flag?

[DarKnSilenT]

@kowz4u

God The Greatest. the Iraqi flag didn't have that before Saddam came to power and put "God The Greatest" on the flag. Removing it would cause problems with many muslims.

[kowz4u]

@DarKnSilenT That makes sense.

[ChairmanBlimp]

@DarKnSilenT which is silly because they removed the 3 stars from the flag, symbols of pan-arabism, which were added long before saddam, but the left the takbir, saddam's personal addition to the flag.

[iraq49]

@kowz4u God Is Great

[bP112]

@HortonofDOOM we will now all commence the hating on you