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

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

[dhs12345]

Perfect. Now we can see how they plan to attack our ships.

I'd expect it to be a diversionary attack with some kind of anti-ship missile bringing up the rear.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The US Navy ought to have launched a few aircraft and really showed them how it is done.

[GreyHoundSailor]

Any anti-ship missile they might launch has a RCS the size of a double-decker bus.

[katana]

And did it have a surrounding flotilla of Aegis equipped destroyers and cruisers? Didn’t think so. That being said, I cringe when I hear that a carrier is sailing in the Gulf. Can’t think of any reason to put a battle group in such confined waters next to a long hostile shore.

[Vendome]

For sure these Asinine Islamists like suicide missions...

[headstamp 2]

Don’t worry, Captain Midnight assures us we can negotiate with these lunatics.

[Zhang Fei]

To reach and flank a U.S. aircraft carrier—and mine the surrounding area—Iran’s speed boats would also have to fight past the flattop’s advanced escort warships.

Warships? How about aircraft? From hundreds of miles away...

[puppypusher]

They’d better attack the fleet in foggy weather,because the laser weapons will detonate those mines and destroy their ships before they even get close.

[PapaBear3625]

Yeah, that looks safe.

Dude, we're talking about a country which cleared minefields during the Iran/Iraq war by marching children across.

I'm sure they would not have a shortage of people willing to suicide-bomb a US warship, like what happened to the USS Cole.

[jaz.357]

Splash the Zero’s!

[Vendome]

[jaz.357]

YEAH!

[Carthego delenda est]

There is definitely something to be said for sheer numbers, but the possibility exists that such an onslaught on a carrier could be nothing more than a huge diversion...

[5th MEB]

Sure it could; Obastard would just order all support ships and the carrier to stand down while the state department issued the attckers EBT cards.

[Vendome]

He’d probably short theme a vowel or two as well...

[Steve_Seattle]

I don’t know much about military tactics, but this sounds more like a chest-thumping propaganda exercise rather than a coherent plan for a future attack.

[Oztrich Boy]

I think I saw that.

[Rick66]

Thanks for that one! The time to teach someone a lesson is approaching. I wonder who will get the prize. Hopefully not US. 8/6/45

[OKSooner]

Is that Ma Deuce bait or what?

[JudyinCanada]

Yes, these people are completely trustworthy. It would be wise to enter into an agreement, one which could bring about the destruction of an ally, with them. They have nothing but the utmost respect for America.