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Iran's Unmanned Drone Also Travels in Time? (Muslomedia Alert)
littlegreenfootballs.com ^ | 11/12/06 | littlegreenfootballs.com

Posted on 11/13/2006 4:52:50 PM PST by xmission

Iran says they have video shot by an unmanned drone showing a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Iran’s Arabic language television station broadcast footage it claimed showed a US aircraft carrier cruising in Gulf waters it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone.

The brief minute-long film, which was shown on Al-Alam television’s evening news bulletin, showed wobbly aerial footage of an aircraft carrier stacked with war planes as it sailed.

The television’s anchor said the film, the property of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard, showed a vessel from “the US fleet in the Persian Gulf”.

“A source in the Revolutionary Guard said the drone carried out its mission without US fighter pilots reaching it,” the television said.

Here’s the photo. (Hat tip: Village Idiot’s Apprentice.)

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To: xmission

Oh, man, it was awesome! Totally unexpected. Everybody on the plane unbuckled their seatbelts and rushed over to my side of the plane to get a look at it. I thought the plane was gonna flip over, lol! Picture this... Beautiful crystal clear sunny day in Hawaii... The sea was just this amazing deep azure color flecked with a zillion whitecaps and ... BOOM!... There it was, this huge shiny black sub on the surface absolutely cooking it. It's wake must've been half a mile long. Its hard for me to gauge, but it seemed like our altitude was only about 1,000 feet. Unbelievable sight.


61 posted on 11/13/2006 5:51:41 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

were you near Pearl? I was there earlier this year. Did the Arizona tour, but no really cool boats that I could see.


62 posted on 11/13/2006 5:54:28 PM PST by xmission
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To: xmission
Actual photo:


63 posted on 11/13/2006 5:56:39 PM PST by SquirrelKing (Kayaking, environmental-conservationist, organic food eating, beer loving, gun owning conservative.)
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To: SquirrelKing

Wouldn't it have been great if the MSM had the comments from someone at the navy to balance the
"Iran makes fools of our best technology" spin they had this morning.


64 posted on 11/13/2006 5:59:38 PM PST by xmission
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To: xmission

Yes, we couldn't have been far from Pearl. We had just flown over the beach area a minute or two earlier I think, and there it was. We were between Oahu and the next little island to the east.


65 posted on 11/13/2006 6:00:19 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: gridlock
We're not going to go lighting up all of our radars and launching million dollar missiles at a photo-recon drone.

How about a spud gun? Or better yet, a bacon blaster?

66 posted on 11/13/2006 6:02:01 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: LibWhacker

Ever read the Tom Clancy book about subs? (Not red october). Lots of cool information in there. I've never seen it in a bookstore, but saw it at a yardsale.


67 posted on 11/13/2006 6:04:00 PM PST by xmission
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To: xmission

No, haven't read any of his books. Not big on spy novels.


68 posted on 11/13/2006 6:06:22 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
This one is like a textbook about subs. Not a novel.

Did the boomer look HUGH :)
69 posted on 11/13/2006 6:07:42 PM PST by xmission
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To: GivemeaBREAK!
So, if by chance those are F-14s then this pic is OLD.

Oh really? </sarcasm>

70 posted on 11/13/2006 6:09:34 PM PST by TankerKC (I Predict that over 50% of the Major Party Candidates Will Lose on Election Day!)
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To: xmission

Any 'squints' out there that can help this 96B figure this one out? C'mon MI pukes!


71 posted on 11/13/2006 6:11:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Second To None!)
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To: xmission

Oh, didn't even know he wrote non-fiction. I'll keep my eye open for it, thanks. :-)


72 posted on 11/13/2006 6:11:45 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: SampleMan
F-14 wing sweep is greater on deck than in flight. Is that what you meant to say?

I generally only observed them it flight. The downwind leg at 300 kts was swept fully back. The break at the crosswind turn reduces to speed to 120 kts in 4000 feet of travel. The wings are then fully forward for best handling at low approach airspeed. I suppose they can sweep them back on deck for space savings. The only time I saw them on the ground was at the Miramar airshow. I don't recall the wings being swept back on the static displays.

73 posted on 11/13/2006 6:27:54 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

There are indeed f-14s on the deck... one is right behind the bridge and several a parked to the left of it.


74 posted on 11/13/2006 6:31:56 PM PST by adjuster
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To: xmission

This is PSYOPS. Not only let the enemy think they can sneak up on you but have the enemy show the people of Iran the most powerful war machine in the world.


75 posted on 11/13/2006 6:34:41 PM PST by killermosquito (Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: adjuster

adjuster, are you an elevator guy? Only profession I know whit a position called adjuster.


76 posted on 11/13/2006 6:49:08 PM PST by xmission
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To: xmission
Wouldn't it have been great if the MSM had the comments from someone at the navy to balance the "Iran makes fools of our best technology" spin they had this morning.

It would have been nice - and it would have been nicer if the Navy had explained that our drones are high tech marvels - flying armed computers with every "geewiz" known to man. And that just because Iranian call their remote controlled toy airplanes "drones", doesn't mean they are drones by our standards. The MSM could also ask why the pictures were so fuzzy - and the time was only a minute...

77 posted on 11/13/2006 6:51:43 PM PST by GOPJ (The MSM 's so busy kissing democrat butt they can't see straight - come up for air guys.)
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To: xmission

It was probably quite small, like 4 ft. wing span, or even less. Note that it is steadily overtaken by the carrier doing what? 30 knots?


78 posted on 11/13/2006 7:24:52 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: smonk

Nice photo. I'd agree with you the 14s would stick out like a thumb. My guess is A-6s and F-18s. Radar would not be able to pick up a small drone because of clutter.


79 posted on 11/13/2006 8:21:22 PM PST by InShanghai (I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
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To: Grampa Dave

So you actually went into the Mayport basin? Wow. Yes, that will indeed get the Navy's hackles up.

There is a big difference between security in a secure naval base anchorage and international waters.

Recommend that you do NOT go fishing at Kings Bay, as the boomer fellas take that security real seriously.


80 posted on 11/13/2006 8:31:59 PM PST by SampleMan (Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
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