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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 4107310" data-attributes="member: 58700">I served during the years Iran first overthrew the shah . During that time we were actually concerned the Soviets would take advantage of the political instability in Iran and invade under some pretense to finally acquire their warm water port they craved.  The plan was to drop the 82nd in the mountain ranges of Iran to fight a delaying action until we could land heavy armor on the southern end and move them into position. Our naval commander at the time was asked how long it would take him to completely neutralize the russian navy . his answer 24 hours. Four decades later were supposed to sit in fear of an Iranian Navy that consists of 3 -50 year old destroyers , small to medium sized frigates some over 25 years old and a lot of fast boats many of which are smaller then bubba's bass boat .</blockquote>