Posted on 02/25/2015 1:51:46 PM PST by C19fan
Iran has carried out a massive attack on a mock version of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Tehran wanted everyone to know about it—state TV broadcasted the military exercise live.
It’s a revealing look at Iranian naval assault tactics, involving several waves of ships backed by helicopters and shore-launched missiles. The timing isn’t a coincidence. The United States and Iran are deadlocked over a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
The Iranians built the giant, 1:1-scale mock-up of the carrier on top of a barge almost one year ago. Photos released from Iranian news agencies on Feb. 25 now show it as a smoldering wreck. The missiles Iran fired at it are very real.
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Attenion: Obama and Kerry: be sure not to offend any of the Iranians...
Did the barge have defensive weapons? Did it take any evasive action?
Are those junkyard airplanes on deck?
Nah just a barge suited for Hollywood movies.
Bwahahahahahahahahaaaaaahahaha!!!!! They’re going to need a lot of needle and thread....
The Iranians sure obsess on getting one of our carriers. It would be a massive psychological triumph if they got one. We have not lost a carrier since WWII.
See we have nothing to worry about by giving the Iranians nuclear capabilities. I don’t know why our side is so worried about this. Oh brother. How can any American can say he or she feels safe if these nutcases get access to nuclear energy?
Hasn’t 0bama taken a few out?
I didn’t see any aircraft shooting the shiite out of their stuff.
Stupid exercise.
They’d never come close to accomplishing even nicking a Carrier.
The support ships, embedded aircraft and anti-everything gun and missile systems would turn their armed forces into pink dust...
That whole Iranian version of the Tholian web is bat **** crazy. When has a navy deployed mines to box in a ship like that?
“But Iran could intend this tactic as a means to disable critical self-defense systems, such as radars, Phalanx CIWS self-defense cannons and missile launchers.”
Uhmmm....sure...
Or any screening destroyers and frigates.
Pong.
Couldn’t happen in real life.
This is just an idiotic fantasy to boost to the confidence of their bi-plane operators, buoy their synthetic egos ....I could go on and on but, this will be “The Final Countdown” ala the movie in 1980
barely an exercise of target practice for our boys and systems...
Pew pew pew!
That’s funny right there!
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