BREAKING NEWS! Iranian warships approaching U.S.

[joeorc]

here is United states

Air craft Carrier's: 10
Frigates:24
Destroyer's:61
Corvettes: 0
Sub's: 71
coastal craft: 12
mine warfare: 14


http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=United-States-of-America

Here is Irans
Air craft Carrier's: 0
Frigates:9
Destroyer's:3
Corvettes: 3
Sub's: 29
coastal craft: 287
mine warfare: 7

http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Iran

These are as of 2012, as you can see, Iran is not small on the list but also the coastal engagement craft is also Quite large in number's

but those coastal craft are also smaller and lightly armed and have no real strong resistance to missile attack that for instance one shot from a 16" gun' from  for example

the US Navy still has battleships! 6 of them can be in service

 Iowa class

• Displacement: 48,500 tons
• Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3x3), 20 × 5 in (127 mm) (10x2), 80 x 40mm AA (20x4), 49 x 20 mm AA (49x1) (1980s modification added 32 x Tomahawk and 16 x Harpoon missiles and 4 x Phalanx CIWS, and deleted 8 5-in guns and all other light anti-aircraft gun systems)
• Armor: 12in Belt / 8in Deck
• Speed: 33 knots
• Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin,USS Illinois, and USS Kentucky
• Commissioned: Four commissioned; first, Iowa 1943; last, Wisconsin 1944.
• Fate: Iowa preserved as memorial in San Pedro, California; Missouri preserved as memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii;Wisconsin preserved as memorial in Norfolk, Virginia; New Jersey preserved as memorial in Camden, NJ; Illinois canceled and scrapped on slip; Kentucky launched 1950, not completed, scrapped 1958.

notice that!

they are in blunt terms a armored bunker with being a floating guided Missile Platform with freaking 16" guns

to top it off each shell of a 16" gun weighs about 1,900 lbs and has a range of about 17 miles! total of (9) 16" guns

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7_Iowa_pic.jpg

if it fires a full broad side it moves the entire battleship 12 feet in the water! sideways!

THE FIFTH FLEET

HERE IS ONE OF SUCH BATTLE GROUPS IN THAT AREA DEPLOYED!