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Iran Claims to Have 'Carrier-Killer' Missile; Experts Skeptical
U.S. Naval Institute ^ | August 15, 2012 | U.S. Naval Institute

Posted on 08/15/2012 1:09:42 PM PDT by Saint X

As the United States continues to help Israel improve its missile defense shield due to growing fears of possible attack by Syria and Iran, claims by Iran that it has developed its own ‘carrier-killer’ that can evade U.S. Navy defense systems to hit ships in the Persian Gulf are drawing skepticism from naval experts.

As first reported by Jane’s Defence Weekly , Iran released images of a test last month in which the Khalij Fars antiship ballistic missile was launched and struck a moving target. The missile is purported to be a smaller version of China’s modified Dong Feng 21, which was quickly dubbed the ‘carrier killer’ after it was revealed in a March 2009 report by the U.S. Naval Institute.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carrier; iran; israel; missile
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1 posted on 08/15/2012 1:09:50 PM PDT by Saint X
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To: Saint X

LOL, just like they “shot down” that UAV! hahaha


2 posted on 08/15/2012 1:12:10 PM PDT by chaos_5
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To: Saint X

The greatest weapon they have against us is Obama.


3 posted on 08/15/2012 1:12:53 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: Saint X

The greatest weapon they have against us is Obama.


4 posted on 08/15/2012 1:13:00 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: Saint X

Some new weapon to bring down pigeons? What a bunch of doofuses!


5 posted on 08/15/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: Saint X

Sounds like a typical bully on the playground. If you have “them”, use them. Or else, STFU!

Iran needs a good punch in the nose....aka....turn their a$$ into glass. Period, end of story.


6 posted on 08/15/2012 1:13:28 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Saint X

Where is the evidence of how they sunk their own carriers in test runs?


7 posted on 08/15/2012 1:14:18 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: nuconvert

Regime Bluster Ping.


8 posted on 08/15/2012 1:17:55 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: nuconvert

Regime Bluster Ping.


9 posted on 08/15/2012 1:17:59 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Saint X

Unless Obama has screwed it all up, we are working on carrier killer mistle killers.


10 posted on 08/15/2012 1:21:11 PM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: Saint X

Take out a carrier and see what happens to Tehran.


11 posted on 08/15/2012 1:22:03 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Saint X

unfortunately when the experts are wrong, someone else gets killed.


12 posted on 08/15/2012 1:22:03 PM PDT by Perdogg (It's time to come together for America)
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To: mazda77
Where is the evidence of how they sunk their own carriers in test runs?

Just photoshop an explosion onto this guy and call it good (we all know how they love photoshop for their missile tests):
Iranian carrier IRI Clay Pigeon

13 posted on 08/15/2012 1:24:39 PM PDT by verum ago (A good physical therapist is half friend, half sadist.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares
The greatest weapon they have against us is Obama.

...who is piloted by Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett.

14 posted on 08/15/2012 1:24:44 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Saint X

And if you miss? SHTF


15 posted on 08/15/2012 1:25:35 PM PDT by navyblue (<u>)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

AGREE, obozo is the best thing that has ever happened to the Muslim countries. Re Iran’s carrier sinking missile; the US has a country sinking missile, kind of like the knife to a gun fight scenario. obozo won’t respond to anything Iran does so if Iran is going to get froggy militarily, they better be jumping pretty soon.


16 posted on 08/15/2012 1:25:43 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Saint X
What a coincidence, we have thousands of “country killer” missiles, most with multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle (MIRV) warheads, many on submarines that could be anywhere on Earth covered by water.
17 posted on 08/15/2012 1:43:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Saint X

WHY DOES IRAN EVEN STILL EXIST?

(No, my caps button isn’t stuck. I’m yelling.)


19 posted on 08/15/2012 1:45:13 PM PDT by moovova (OMG...Obama Must Go)
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To: Saint X

Lol, another “carrier is obsolete” story. Like a carier ever goes anywhere without nuclear attack subs prowling, a screen of escorting ships, etc.

Theres no such thing as a carrier, just waiting for an attack. And if the Dong Feng 21 style missile acually is used to kill a carrier, then you just bit the big one. Because that means you just shot a nuclear weapon at an American fleet. About a half hour later, very bad hot things begin happening to your homeland.

Modern Electric subs like the Germans build are the greatest danger to a carrier. But attacking a carrier is still signing your national death warrant.


20 posted on 08/15/2012 1:53:39 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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