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 Janes 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 Chinas 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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LOL, just like they “shot down” that UAV! hahaha
The greatest weapon they have against us is Obama.
The greatest weapon they have against us is Obama.
Some new weapon to bring down pigeons? What a bunch of doofuses!
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.
Where is the evidence of how they sunk their own carriers in test runs?
Regime Bluster Ping.
Regime Bluster Ping.
Unless Obama has screwed it all up, we are working on carrier killer mistle killers.
Take out a carrier and see what happens to Tehran.
unfortunately when the experts are wrong, someone else gets killed.
...who is piloted by Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett.
And if you miss? SHTF
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.
WHY DOES IRAN EVEN STILL EXIST?
(No, my caps button isn’t stuck. I’m yelling.)
Lol, another “carrier is obsolete” story.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.
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