Stuart Littlewood: Playing with Battleships in the Gulf!

The most important thing I've read these last few days is the excellent article 'Armageddon Approaches' by Dr Lasha Darkmoon "Armageddon Approaches" a cautionary piece which points the reader toward some very scary background information. For example, according to Russ Winter of The Wall Street Examiner The Sunburn Capable and Versatile Hormuz Weapon, Iran's Sunburn missiles, acquired from Russia and China over the last 10 years, have the capability of creating "a world of hurt" for the US Navy's 5th Fleet. "The Sunburn is perhaps the most lethal anti-ship missile in the world, designed to fly as low as 9 feet above ground/water at more than 1,500 miles per hour. The missile uses a violent pop-up maneuver for its terminal approach to throw off Phalanx and other US anti-missile defense systems. Given their low cost, they are perfectly suited for close quarter naval conflict in the bathtub-like Persian Gulf." With its 90-mile range, the Sunburn can be fired from practically any platform, including a flat bed truck, and could hit a ship in the Strait in less than a minute. The US Navy has never faced anything in combat as formidable as the Sunburn missile. Then, there are the even more advanced SS-NX-26 Yakhonts missiles, also Russian-made, with a speed of Mach 2.9, and a range of 180 miles, deployed by the Iranians along the Gulf's northern shore. Every US ship will be exposed and vulnerable. When the Iranians spring the trap, the entire lake will become a killing field. In the Gulf's shallow and confined waters evasive manoeuvers will become difficult, and escape impossible, since the sailors caught in the net will be hard pressed to survive!