June 20-2014
Speaking of the Indian Ocean, Iran’s two-ship task force that is dispatched to protect shipping off Somalia is now on its way to Antarctica. The Alvand, a small warship, and the Bushehr, a supply ship, left Dar es Salaam in Tanzania Saturday and are now on their way to Cape Town, from which the Antarctic is just a short hop away. The talk of sailing off the coast of the United States has been dumped and replaced by visions of Antarctic exploration.