Posted on 02/25/2015 1:51:46 PM PST by C19fan
Iran has carried out a massive attack on a mock version of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Tehran wanted everyone to know about itstate TV broadcasted the military exercise live.
Its a revealing look at Iranian naval assault tactics, involving several waves of ships backed by helicopters and shore-launched missiles. The timing isnt a coincidence. The United States and Iran are deadlocked over a deal to curb Tehrans nuclear program.
The Iranians built the giant, 1:1-scale mock-up of the carrier on top of a barge almost one year ago. Photos released from Iranian news agencies on Feb. 25 now show it as a smoldering wreck. The missiles Iran fired at it are very real.
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I'd expect it to be a diversionary attack with some kind of anti-ship missile bringing up the rear.
The US Navy ought to have launched a few aircraft and really showed them how it is done.
Any anti-ship missile they might launch has a RCS the size of a double-decker bus.
And did it have a surrounding flotilla of Aegis equipped destroyers and cruisers? Didn’t think so. That being said, I cringe when I hear that a carrier is sailing in the Gulf. Can’t think of any reason to put a battle group in such confined waters next to a long hostile shore.
For sure these Asinine Islamists like suicide missions...
Don’t worry, Captain Midnight assures us we can negotiate with these lunatics.
Warships? How about aircraft? From hundreds of miles away...
They’d better attack the fleet in foggy weather,because the laser weapons will detonate those mines and destroy their ships before they even get close.
Dude, we're talking about a country which cleared minefields during the Iran/Iraq war by marching children across.
I'm sure they would not have a shortage of people willing to suicide-bomb a US warship, like what happened to the USS Cole.
Splash the Zero’s!
YEAH!
There is definitely something to be said for sheer numbers, but the possibility exists that such an onslaught on a carrier could be nothing more than a huge diversion...
Sure it could; Obastard would just order all support ships and the carrier to stand down while the state department issued the attckers EBT cards.
He’d probably short theme a vowel or two as well...
I don’t know much about military tactics, but this sounds more like a chest-thumping propaganda exercise rather than a coherent plan for a future attack.
Thanks for that one! The time to teach someone a lesson is approaching. I wonder who will get the prize. Hopefully not US. 8/6/45
Is that Ma Deuce bait or what?
Yes, these people are completely trustworthy. It would be wise to enter into an agreement, one which could bring about the destruction of an ally, with them. They have nothing but the utmost respect for America.
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