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EX500rider

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3. "USN could sink it any time it wanted." No sense letting it get close enough to fire missiles at the USN

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:19 PM

Mar 4

Dena was equipped with surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles, consisting of four Qader anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun, and a 40 mm Fath-40 AA cannon, two 20 mm Oerlikon, two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and two triple torpedo launcher, 533 mm

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Not the actions of an intelligent nation. Kid Berwyn Mar 4 #1

"USN could sink it any time it wanted." No sense letting it get close enough to fire missiles at the USN EX500rider Mar 4 #3

Any of those have a 1,000 nautical mile range? Kid Berwyn Mar 4 #4

This action marks the first time a U.S. submarine has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo since Aug. 14, 1945 EX500rider Mar 4 #2

But Mikey Johnson insists that we are "not at war." City Lights Mar 4 #5

Locking LBN dupe. Lasher Mar 4 #6