Iran Stages Giant Attack on Mock Aircraft Carrier (Details on Exercise)

War is Boring ^ | February 25, 2015 | Jassem Al Salami

[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.

[tanknetter]

I wonder if the Iranians are aware that Phalanx CIWS and RAM both have surface-to-surface modes ...

And it wouldn’t surprise me at all if USN carriers had good supplies of both Stingers and Carl Gustav’s on-board.

[Chode]

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