IRAN THE REAL POWER OF NAVAL FORCE IN PERSIAN GULF.

http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n2026.cfm ---------------------- 16 U.S. NAVAL SHIPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PERSIAN GULF! INCLUDES ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESTROYED -- Recent War Games Disaster

"During the summer of 2002, in the run-up to President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the US military staged the most elaborate and expensive war games ever conceived. Operation Millennium Challenge, as it was called, cost some $250 million, and required two years of planning ... it was set in the Persian Gulf, and simulated a conflict with a hypothetical rogue state. The "war" involved heavy use of computers, and was also played out in the field by 13,500 US troops, at 17 different locations and 9 live-force training sites. All of the services participated under a single joint command, known as JOINTFOR. The US forces were designated as 'Force Blue', and the enemy as OPFOR, or 'Force Red'. The 'war' lasted three weeks and ended with the overthrow of the dictatorial regime on August 15."

"At any rate, that was the official outcome. What actually happened was quite different, and ought to serve up a warning about the grave peril the world will face if the US should become embroiled in a widening conflict in the region ..."

This is not the first time that the American high command has fudged the results of a war gaming exercise because the real results would be very embarrassing to all U.S. leadership, from the White House down to the Pentagon. In the early years of the Clinton Administration, America's top guns -- her elite fighter pilots -- engaged in an war gaming exercise with Israeli pilots. The American aces were humiliated, so much so that the Pentagon discreetly asked the Israeli government not to publicize the results! The story I read was very small and buried deeply in our local paper.

Now, let us return to this news story. The American officer leading the "enemy" -- the "Force Red" team -- was "the straight-talking Marine commander who had been brought out of retirement to lead Force Red. His name was Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper, and he had played the role of the crazed but cunning leader of the hypothetical rogue state ... In the first days of the 'war', Van Riper's Force Red sent most of the US fleet to the bottom of the Persian Gulf." (Ibid.)

The tactics adopted by this Marine Corps general were astounding and they produced "The Worst US Naval Disaster Since Pearl Harbor".

"The war game was described as 'free play', meaning that both sides were unconstrained, free to pursue any tactic in the book of war in the service of victory ... Much of the action was computer-generated. But representative military units in the field also acted out the various moves and countermoves. The comparison to a chess match is not inaccurate. The vastly superior US armada consisted of the standard carrier battle group with its full supporting cast of ships and planes. Van Riper had at his disposal a much weaker flotilla of smaller vessels, many of them civilian craft, and numerous assets typical of a Third World country." (Ibid.)

"But Van Riper made the most of weakness. Instead of trying to compete directly with Force Blue, he utilized ingenious low-tech alternatives. Crucially, he prevented the stronger US force from eavesdropping on his communications by foregoing the use of radio transmissions. Van Riper relied on couriers instead to stay in touch with his field officers ... At every turn, the wily Van Riper did the unexpected. And in the process he managed to achieve an asymmetric advantage ... Astutely and very covertly, Van Riper armed his civilian marine craft and deployed them near the US fleet, which never expected an attack from small pleasure boats ... Force Red's prop-driven aircraft suddenly were swarming around the US warships, making Kamikaze dives. Some of the pleasure boats made suicide attacks. Others fired Silkworm cruise missiles from close range, and sunk a carrier, the largest ship in the US fleet, along with two helicopter-carriers loaded with marines ... the Navy was unprepared. When it was over, most of the US fleet had been destroyed. Sixteen US warships lay on the bottom, and the rest were in disarray. Thousands of American sailors were dead, dying, or wounded.

"If the games had been real, it would have been the worst US naval defeat since Pearl Harbor." (Ibid.)

Clearly, this war games disaster was something the Pentagon could not have foreseen. Publicly, Pentagon spokesmen admitted of no disaster, since, in war gaming, destroyed equipment and dead sailors can be "resurrected" at the touch of a keyboard. At the end, the government of the rogue state was overthrown and victory achieved -- but only after General Van Riper quit in disgust. Oh, yes, and the Pentagon did not admit that they had anything to learn and insisted there was nothing they needed to change.

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[dragon0361]

I cant wait till the day Iran looses its temper and dare attack one of our ships.. so we can obliterate 90% of there naval forces in less than 1 hour.. you'll see all the Iranian soldiers tieing there shit stained underwear's to a pole trying to use it as a white flag.

[MuffnZ88]

Hey Israel, welcome to hell.

[StraussBR]

@dragon0361

the u.s navy is very big and the most powerful, tough it has not faced a challenge like iran, iran navy there is not even a comparisson, but i would like to see how the U.S navy would handle the rain of missiles over those massive multi-billion carriers

[AllAboutAmerica]

lol video on the military whos country is known for photo shopping to make themselves look better

[jonyadegari]

Mishe be omide khoda

Vakhti ke Iran azad bashe va khamenei bemire

[onlybold]

hahaha...yes u r right they r weapons of US that's y u r a group of cowards. never learn to fight on ur own. But, afganistan wasn't having anything to fight still 70% belongs to taliban. US now came on compromising statements.....yaaa..Super Power. Yes, would never be wolfs because wolf having great eyes......just see carefully u r talking with LIONS. World Power of Liars.

[a6eBezerkur]

@onlybold cowards? hahaha. You got it backwards its the UN and NATO that NEED our approval and help. You military is 20 years behind our capabilities. Your missiles would be shot down we would destroy your entire military with just one fleet and we have many. Our fighter jets are the best, the F-22 raptor is untouchable not to mention our advanced missiles. We dont need to use the army and troops, we could destroy you by the air WITHOUT no countries help. We are the Wolf and you the Rat.

[420hillbilly420]

Chill!!  Ain't gonna be no WAR. Huffing and puffing by military leaders and politicians. Religion and politics (Elections). Bad timing.

[Vroktar2009]

@ludwigchopin .. after the first stone in thrown all these "Rules of the schoolyard" that everyone calls morality and justness will be out the window. It is a simple mathematical fact. I did not set the stage, nor do I believe in it's morality but I do respect it's simplicity as well as the very real fact that it will be the deciding factor on determining who survives and who does not. Nature does it all the time, there is no reason to think we will treat it any differently.

[Vroktar2009]

@ludwigchopin I am not the one making it "Them and Us". That is the way it is. Whether you want to draw it by country border, religion, etc. The fact of the matter is we are on this tiny globe of life in the vastness of space. Right now we feel safe in the fact that the worlds resources are adequate to deter a full out global collapse. However the population is growing exponentially and the resources are not. When it deteriorates to the point of conflict,

[ludwigchopin]

@Vroktar2009 Stop being so 'them and us' and selfless. For once you should notice, the greater good might be the best. As Nash proved in game theory which is used in commercial and government negotiations to this day. It is a shame it isn't being used properly in this circumstance.