US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat
January 19, 2012
The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet at Bahrain is among the massive military resources that the U.S. has permanently based throughout the region.
The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran. Top Iranian officials have said they might close the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would disrupt world oil supplies
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Ready for action at sea, the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet at Bahrain is among the massive military resources that the U.S. has permanently based throughout the region. They are prepared to respond if tensions with Iran escalate into direct military action.
The Iranian military exercises this January are meant to show Tehran’s fire power. However, analysts say that after years of international sanctions, Iran would struggle to fight a war with its aging hardware.
"A lot of it was supplied at the time of the Shah. Others are relatively low quality imports from China and Russia. It has almost no modern surface-to-air missile capabilities. Virtually all of its major combat ships date back to the time of the Shah and have had only limited refitting," explained defense analyst Anthony Cordesman.
But that weakness has not stopped Iran from making threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. It also warned U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS
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