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Iranian drone plane buzzes U.S. aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf (Russian Source)
Ria Novosti/India Defence ^
Posted on 06/30/2006 7:46:33 AM PDT by Srirangan
Tehran: A pilotless Iranian reconnaissance plane circled for 25 minutes over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf before returning safely to its base, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
"Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said, according to Iran's Fars agency.
He did not say when the flight took place, but added that U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it. However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; proliferation; war
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Iran got drones?? Paper drones?
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:46:33 AM PDT
by
Srirangan
To: Srirangan
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:48:27 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: Srirangan
Bah Humbug, Iran is acting up again
To: Srirangan
Was this press release from our long lost friend Baghdad Bob?
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:48:48 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Srirangan
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:48:52 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?")
To: Srirangan
Here's a picture of it
I'll believe it when monkeys fly out of my a##.....
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:48:59 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Srirangan
I saw this story two or three weeks ago.
To: Srirangan
"Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said... Unnoticed? Haw! Just because they didn't shoot down your toy doesn't mean they didn't notice it, idiot...
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:49:21 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
To: Srirangan
The Reagan entered Pearl Harbor yesterday and will be back in San Diego next week so this must have taken place awhile ago.
I wonder what the left would say if the Reagan had shot down another countries aircraft in International airspace that could not do it any harm.
Seems the skipper did not play into Iran's trap.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:49:48 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Srirangan
No, Iranian nutball Abadabadoobajan is the one that drones.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:50:09 AM PDT
by
Hilltop
To: Srirangan
Uh, I thougth the RR was in the Pacific at the moment...
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:50:56 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Public schools are the madrassas of the American Left. --Ann Coulter, Godless)
To: Srirangan
U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it.
However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base.
Damn, we're still playing catch-up to the Iranian's technology.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:51:43 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Dog; Cap Huff
To: Srirangan
This is pure BS unless they were *really* stealth. Nothing is allowed near a task force unless it is, errr,
allowed.
Particularly in the Gulf!
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:53:54 AM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Srirangan
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:55:20 AM PDT
by
Pox
(If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
To: Srirangan
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:55:47 AM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: Srirangan
I've been out of the Navy for more than 40yrs. now so things may have changed, but I just can not believe that
1) it penetrated the task force all the way to the RR
2) it circled, unmolested for 25mins.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:56:53 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: Srirangan
Wonder if Iran considered that maybe they were allowed to see what it would be like if only one U.S. aircraft carrier was unleashed on them.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:57:04 AM PDT
by
badpacifist
(The media has our troops surrounded. Someone must break through enemy lines.)
To: Antoninus
A google search of related articles states that this happen about May 30.
Another article says the USS RR was docked in Malaysia about June 5.
Be a pretty fast cruise.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:57:21 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Srirangan
This is an old crock of BS for which a single grainy picture would have been worth 100,000 words.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:57:48 AM PDT
by
fso301
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