Foolestroupe in full "Guilty until proven innocent, and even then we won't believe you" mode, I see. Just in case you missed it F, the positions (co-ordinates) were those given by the Iranians to the British, the first ones they gave were 1.7 nautical miles inside iraqi territorial waters. As useless as maps on a screen go you can see by the relative positions of the ships that the ship just having been subject to a search lies to the NW of Cornwall's position. The first position stated by the Iranians puts the boarding party in between Cornwall and the ship they had just finished searching. Then the Iranian Republican Guard Ooops and then gave a "corrected" position that makes no sense at all.

Could well be Foolestroupe that your political bias and downright prejudice actually prevent you from thinking about the presentation of information and making any sort of rational evaluation of it. With you it always seems to be straight down the Party Line, irrespective of how ludicrous that may be.

Hi Foolestroupe I've got a bridge to sell you.

Forty-five minutes F, time it takes to authorise use of chemical or biological weapons and arm those munitions for use - Source standard "Cold War" threat lecture material.I recognised it for what it was and what it meant the instant I heard it.