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Iran moves mock aircraft carrier into Strait of Hormuz ahead of apparent live-fire drill
Fox News ^
| July 27 2020
| Greg Norman
Posted on 07/27/2020 7:59:50 AM PDT by knighthawk
Iran appears to be getting ready to send a warning to the U.S. as it has moved a mock aircraft carrier out to sea presumably to destroy it in a live-fire exercise.
The 650-foot long vessel with 16 fake fighter jets on deck – which bears resemblance to the Nimitz-class carriers that the U.S. Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf -- was pulled by a tugboat into the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to satellite images released Monday.
“We cannot speak to what Iran hopes to gain by building this mockup, or what tactical value they would hope to gain by using such a mockup in a training or offensive exercise scenario,” Navy Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich – a spokesperson for the U.S. 5th Fleet, which operates in the region – told Fox News in a statement.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 5thfleet; aircraftcarrier; iran; iraq; mock; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; rebeccarebarich
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To: knighthawk
Didn’t they do the same thing about 5 years ago?
To: freedomlover
It would be good practice for our Sailors!
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posted on
07/27/2020 8:34:15 AM PDT
by
cameraeye
(A happy khafir!)
To: knighthawk
Similar to the cardboard fake fans that BLM supporting Major League Baseball puts in the seats and phony piped in fan noise. Who knew the mullahs watch American baseball?
To: knighthawk
This is the best I could do...... I hope it is correct
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posted on
07/27/2020 8:41:20 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
To: knighthawk
Yeah - I once shot the hell out of a cardboard box...would have been harder if it was shooting back...
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posted on
07/27/2020 8:51:46 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: blueunicorn6
To get them really worked up it takes a pair of garters on the back legs.
To: knighthawk
Kinda like their photoshopped missile launch. Just like the democrats...it’s all about optics and blow-hard rhetoric. Reality is nowhere.
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posted on
07/27/2020 9:01:42 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: knighthawk
To: blueunicorn6
A sheep!
A big, wooden sheep!
Call it The Iranian Love Sheep.
All the Iranian leaders will flock to it.
We could leave outside of Tehran as present!
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posted on
07/27/2020 9:19:04 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: freedomlover
Guess it would be good for target practice, if it serves no other purpose.
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posted on
07/27/2020 9:37:07 AM PDT
by
oldtech
To: freedomlover
“We should blow it to smithereens.
Just for fun.”
And then deny it. Just for fun.
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posted on
07/27/2020 10:12:57 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
To: Alberta's Child
Interestingly, the U.S. and Iran are two of the only countries in the world that have not formally ratified the current international “Open Seas” treatyBecause it is mostly a globalist leftist wet-dream to be managed by the UN.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Sadly, they think it's real.
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posted on
07/27/2020 3:57:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
07/27/2020 4:26:04 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: dp0622
LOL! “Mock air craft carrier''. What does that mean, you make fun of it?
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07/27/2020 10:05:59 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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