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Originally Posted by Filsdepac
When I first heard the story break, I knew the Iranian boats would be smaller than the US boats, but I didn't realize it would basically be Ghorab and Sameer cruising around in the family boat. They truly were lucky.
Also, the wake of the boat from which the filming takes place is huge, looks wider than the cruise boats I've been on. Seeing the film reminds me of my fantasies where I go back in time with one of these warships and take on some Athenian triremes.
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with a great care not to break your fantasy bubbles ...a little bit out of historical context : the USS Vincennes which actually was in Iranian water fired and shot down an iranian airliner and chopped 290 passengers and crew memebers into floating peices for a second or so, called it as a *mistake* back in 1988 .. and now US warships let 6 speedboats get close , threw some boxes and threated to blow them up and yet did nothing ???
either US navy being too nice or too smart ..the whole story seems ridiculously questionable.