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AverageJoe90

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30. Here's the thing, though. Alas, Babylon was written in *1956*.

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 01:22 AM

Sep 2013

Nineteen. Fifty. Six. Just before the VERY HEIGHT of the Cold War.....if you think tensions are scary today, then you wouldn't have wanted to be around in '56: That was the year, btw, of the Suez Crisis, which had a real chance(even if not real great, but still far higher than today) of turning into the first front of WWIII.

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SCARY Mediterranean Map! [View all] AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 OP

Beginning to remind me of the Cold War... n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1

We are moving towards a new one nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #23

No, not the cold war. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #62

and what is the source? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #2

I wish i could tell you... AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #3

that would be great...love to know where that comes from... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #4

i could try a google image back track... AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #7

"Image courtesy Syrian Perspective" NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #8

Nice but its in english so...it had to come from AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #10

"Prepared by our colleague, Souri Homsi" NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #12

Well one thing is for sure... AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #13

I did what you did with the image, results were all blogs or Facebook posts. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #14

Yup especially Submarines.. AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #16

It's a good bet that there are a lot of subs there now: R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #20

Especially submarines... hay rick Sep 2013 #26

This is the missile cruiser Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #61

I can confirm as a submariner hootinholler Sep 2013 #66

Well, not exactly . . . OldRedneck Sep 2013 #27

I did not see the USS Independence CV 62 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #65

Whoever it is, they put Nimitz "in the Med" despite facts to the contrary Recursion Sep 2013 #32

What could possibly go wrong? 99Forever Sep 2013 #5

Indeed n/t grillo7 Sep 2013 #21

Wow. Aerows Sep 2013 #6

This could really become messy. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #9

In other post-apocalyptic literature... NuclearDem Sep 2013 #11

Here's the thing, though. Alas, Babylon was written in *1956*. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #30

The difference is hardly spacious. another_liberal Sep 2013 #43

Again, I will refer to By Dawn's Early Light for this one. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #58

Agreed, "Global thermonuclear war," is always, "Unlikely." another_liberal Sep 2013 #63

and that doesn't include submarines. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #15

Three subs pictured in the AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 #18

There will be more than that especially with the carrier group. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #19

But the carrier group isn't there and isn't ordered there Recursion Sep 2013 #35

But it does include an entire carrier group that isn't there and isn't ordered there Recursion Sep 2013 #34

Not to scale n/t Duer 157099 Sep 2013 #17

Still very busy section of the ocean nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #24

And it is missing the Israeli assets surely to be there. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #22

Why is the Nimitz group shown in both the Med and the Gulf of Aden? Recursion Sep 2013 #25

It has been announced that the Nimitz carrier group is on its way. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #28

So, you linked an article saying Nimitz has no orders to go to the Med Recursion Sep 2013 #29

They have no orders to do so yet. another_liberal Sep 2013 #39

The Truman and Washington groups don't have orders "yet" either Recursion Sep 2013 #42

Because they aren't in the Red Sea right now . . . another_liberal Sep 2013 #44

Nimitz is still in the Arabian Sea, moving west Recursion Sep 2013 #45

"To get home . . ." another_liberal Sep 2013 #46

I MIGHT buy that story if its home port was Norfolk or Newport News or something on the east coast. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #51

It's on its way to be ready . . . another_liberal Sep 2013 #54

Nimitz home port is in Everett, so I guess taking the scenic route home? AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #50

Refit is in Norfolk IIRC Recursion Sep 2013 #53

Hence the arrow on the map, showing motion, but not arrival. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #55

You're right about the refit; I had my groups mixed up Recursion Sep 2013 #57

True. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #59

I think Assad will find that pact and $5 will get him a latte at Starbucks, personally Recursion Sep 2013 #60

They are also back in 1941 right before the Pearl Harbor Attack. Gore1FL Sep 2013 #31

Loved that movie. And the Philadelphia Experiment (nt) Recursion Sep 2013 #33

I didn't know those ships were 80 miles long. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #36

No, but they can kill from a lot further distance than that. another_liberal Sep 2013 #38

LOL! Turborama Sep 2013 #40

Odd sense of humor there, turb. another_liberal Sep 2013 #41

No Turborama Sep 2013 #49

Nothing like the start of a funny little war to bring out the chuckles, eh? another_liberal Sep 2013 #52

Can you read? Turborama Sep 2013 #56

Are you trying to insult me? another_liberal Sep 2013 #64

Or that a frigate could be compared to a destroyer Recursion Sep 2013 #48

Stop the war! another_liberal Sep 2013 #37

Here, I fixed it for you Recursion Sep 2013 #47