[Narcodran]

US Navy site: note that eight US Aircraft Carriers and five Amphibious Assault Ships have hurriedly left port. Usually only 3 or 4 carriers are out.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=146



as of
June 28, 2012
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Ships Underway







Aircraft Carriers:



USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - 5th Fleet



USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Pacific Ocean



USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - Atlantic Ocean



USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - Pacific Ocean



USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 5th Fleet



USS George Washington (CVN 73) - Yellow Sea



USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - Pacific Ocean



USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) - Atlantic Ocean







Amphibious Assault Ships:



USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - Pacific Ocean



USS Wasp (LHD 1) - Atlantic Ocean



USS Essex (LHD 2) - Pacific Ocean



USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Atlantic Ocean



USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - 5th Fleet


Attack Submarines Underway: 32



Iran threatens to close strait if new sanctions begin


With the failure of negotiations between Iran and six world powers last week, the Islamic regime now says it has the right, under international law, to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tanker traffic should an embargo on Iran’s oil go into effect July 1.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/25/ir...#ixzz1zBtDCkPD

[Nemerov]

As far as the ships go, looks like the normal world wide deployment numbers. Most brass if given the choice would be at sea, instead of floating in a port. They can make more brownie points that way.

Looks like not all of the deployable ships are at sea. Going by the list at the link.

[Efonukmp]

Can you hear those war drums beating louder? WWIII here we come...

[Nemerov]

Can you hear those war drums beating louder? WWIII here we come...

In some ways I feel I will see a big war on or near the scale of ww2 before I leave this earth. And I have already have lived more methinks, than 3/4 or more of my span. If you look at past world history, all of the signs are pointing that way for another big one. What remains is only , where/when/how it will start.

[mpegdvdclip]

Business as usual, possible as the Navy does need to use these toys if they want their funding, but there are other factors at play that need to be considered as well:

European Union: The Iranian Reaction To Recent EU Sanctions
09 February 2012
I wonder where will Greece, Spain and Italy get that 450,000 bpd oil from now? Spoils of Libya? Interesting that the bulk of the PIIGS get oil from Iran.


Iran 'definitely' closing Strait of Hormuz over EU oil embargo
Published: 23 January, 2012, 16:07
Always a possibility, reinforcements just in case?



Iran Oil Embargo Goes Into Effect: Crude Up 8%
Currently at +9.11% according to http://finviz.com

[salomal-qask]

In some ways I feel I will see a big war on or near the scale of ww2 before I leave this earth. And I have already have lived more methinks, than 3/4 or more of my span. If you look at past world history, all of the signs are pointing that way for another big one. What remains is only , where/when/how it will start.

Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

[gariharlj]

the kid and i were just playing battle ship ... i won

[ariniaxia]

In some ways I feel I will see a big war on or near the scale of ww2 before I leave this earth. And I have already have lived more methinks, than 3/4 or more of my span. If you look at past world history, all of the signs are pointing that way for another big one. What remains is only , where/when/how it will start.

from 9-11 to the destruction of Iraq and a covert drone war that circles the globe - looks & smells like a World War.

[Efonukmp]

from 9-11 to the destruction of Iraq and a covert drone war that circles the globe - looks & smells like a World War.

You forgot the Gold vacuum that China has been cleaning the planet with...

[Piediahef]

man, and I just nibbled on some cheap USO puts today.....I mean, up 10% one day, was tempting.

[PetraCromlich]

Iran Oil Embargo Goes Into Effect: Crude Up 8%
Currently at +9.11% according to http://finviz.com

Why isn't this on drudge?

[Mboxmaja]

Why isn't this on drudge?

I think it is overblown after first glance. Bucky cratered today. I don't think that Iran had any issue with that. The headline is that stocks rallied on Europe hopium. It's a good headline. The bucky drove things higher with weakness. The only place that didn't see the pop was the grains. I am thinking pressure to trick farmers to sell at these prices. Harvest is going to be bad if rain doesn't come soon.

China, India, Singapore, and quite a few other places all got waivers to keep getting Iranian oil. China was still going to trade for it regardless of a waiver or not. Granting the waiver saved face for the bureaucrats.