Iranian navy plane flies near USS Eisenhower in Gulf of Oman

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[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Fox reported this as a UAV...

[ColdWater]

His instrument panel must have told him he was all lit up.

maritime patrol aircraft

[jazminerose]

Not yet, waiting for advice from the UN.

[ml/nj]

Would and did. How much time have you spent at sea on a carrier?

I looked at the first five links given at the page you referenced. At BEST, these were all ENEMY CLAIMS that they had a TINY DRONE overflying one of our ships.

I haven't spent ANY time at sea, let alone on a carrier, but certainly, if you have, you could provide better information than this.

ML/NJ

[Jacquerie]

During the cold war, huge Soviet Bear or Bison Bombers greeted every carrier on entry to the Med. Of course, there were always a couple of USN fighters in close trail.

It is called freedom of navigation. Absent hostile intent, like fire control emissions, open bomb bay doors there is nothing to be done.

[Clint Williams]

What is wrong with my country?

Obama.
Congress.
Democrats.
Half the voting population.

America -- a great idea, didn't last.

[hosepipe]

The Captain of the Carrier should be brought up on charges..
ALL democrats are a security risk..

[bushpilot1]

Some years ago being on a military assignment to an Embassy in Africa..a local lady and I were watching a video..of..Zulu Dawn..she was cheering for the Zulus..we were in East Africa.

She is a Muslim and Somali. She cheered for the Turks in Lawrence of Arabia.

There is no doubt Obama has deep rooted prejudices..we are seeing them come into play..

[B4Ranch]

I am thinking exactly as you are. That plane could have destroyed the bridge and then sunk the ship before we could have responded. Is this what Zero is looking for?
What in the hell was the CWO thinking?

[Ronin]

This seems odd to me. I thought that 5 km from the center of the flight deck was “owned” by the carrier and was internationally recognized as restricted airspace.

[dools007]

Ah, somebody tell me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the Navy have a distance protocol to a capital ship, like an aircraft carrier? Wasn’t the Iranian plan way inside that envelope?

[olezip]

The Eisenhower was on duty in the Gulf of Oman in the northern Arabian Sea, in support of the Afghanistan war efforts, when the Iranian maritime patrol aircraft flew within 1,000 yards of the vessel, according to military officials.

It seems to me that the Navy reaction time is zero when an aircraft is within 1,000 yards. There should be none within 100 miles! You have what, ten minutes, to react with an enemy aircraft 100 miles away. You have 3 seconds at 1,000 yards. Hardly enough time to contact the White House to get permission to defend yourself.

[ducttape45]

They keep doing this and it will lead to a confrontation sooner or later. They are just daring our ships to open fire so they can justify a war.

[onedoug]

The Chinese took one of our P-3s from W.

[SoldierDad]

And it wasn’t blown out of the sky because?????

[SoldierDad]

Is there not a huge difference between a drone (which may or may not have armament) and a manned fighter aircraft that carries a significant arsenal?

[Drew68]

Would and did. How much time have you spent at sea on a carrier?

I cruised on Ike in '06-'07. Iranian P-3s in close vicinity were a regular occurance. Sometimes our pilots would chase them away, sometimes not.

Surprised this is actually news.

[Drew68]

And it wasn’t blown out of the sky because?????

Because that would be an act of war.

People may find this surprising but Iran is allowed to play in their own back yard.

[SoldierDad]

I suppose I could be wrong, but I would think that there is a cone of defense around U.S. warships, especially Aircraft Carriers, which effectively is a no-fly-zone for enemy aircraft - 1000 yards would definitely fall within that cone and is not Iran's back yard. At least, under Reagan, Bush (the father), G.W. Bush, and possibly even Clinton that would be the case. For Obozo, he's not met an islamic extremest that he doesn't like.