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Navy: Gulf exercise to boost security

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 14:11:22 EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ?? The Navy says American, British and Bahraini ships are carrying out a five-day exercise to improve security in the Persian Gulf and better protect coalition ships against vessels ??deemed threatening.?

The Navy statement released Wednesday by the Bahrain headquarters of the 5th Fleet says the exercise is dubbed ??Goalkeeper.? It started Sunday and is led by Britain??s Royal Navy Commodore Peter Hudson.

Hudson is quoted as saying the maneuvers will help fine-tune skills such as ??locating and tracking? vessels that threaten ships patrolling the Gulf and ??handling command-and-control? operations during a potential confrontation.

Gulf waters and the narrow Strait of Hormuz have seen close encounters between U.S. and Iranian vessels.
eg420ne Reviewed by eg420ne on . Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the ??enemy force?. Rating: 5