Caught On Tape: Iran Conducts Live-Fire Rocket Drill Next To US Carrier
Late last month, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran, Iran conducted a live-fire exercise in the Strait of Hormuz in close proximity to the USS Harry Truman, one of Ash Carter’s fleet of aircraft carriers.
The US called the incident a “provocation” as the rockets landed a mere 1,500 yards from two US ships.
"Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional, and inconsistent with international maritime law," US CentCom said, in a statement.
The brazen move infuriated US lawmakers opposed to the Iran nuclear accord. John McCain for instance, accused The White House of “turning a blind eye to Iranian saber rattling for fear Iran will walk away from the nuclear deal.”
The maritime mishap came amid (loud) calls for fresh sanctions against Tehran in connection with Iran’s test of a next gen surface-to-surface ballistic missile (the Emad).
On Saturday, the US released footage of the Iranian rocket drill in a conveniently-timed move that coincides with a historic spat between Tehran and Washington’s allies in Riyadh. The video is below.
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Arabian Gulf. Ha. That says it all right there.
But, wait, The Straight of Hormuz? Isn't that just off Iran? In Arabia. This is a non-article. It should read - "US warship sails too close to Iranian Missile test - UN to implement sanctions against the US for dangerous and provocative ship navigation". Surreal.
Yes this fuss would be justified if it was happening off the coast of New York
These Iranians need to be skooled. Boo Iran!
. . . and you doo doo need to be neutered.
How about the newest Chemtrail plant explosion in China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynwBknrR_g
one of Ash Carter’s fleet of aircraft carriers.
WTF!!
Since when does Ash Carter own any aricraft carriers?
Did he get a permit and pass a bacground check?
The date on the video is December 26. WTF? So the US didn't want to release the video over Christmas as they were afraid no one would pay any attention. Also the missiles are fired away from the other vessels.
Jeez, this is so fucking pathetic.
In fact, the pathetic meter has just gone to 12.
ehm.. battlefield 4 got better graphics than that..
If its real then i suggest the military or whoever was supposed to have filmed this to upgrade to Samsung Galaxy S3.
Certainly took them long enough to 'find' the video. They need to make contact with Rita Katz. She knows where the good stuff is. She is so good she can find them as soon as they are made.
Spot on + 1000
double post ...
How about watching the video before yapping?
There is a tanker much much closer to the Iranian rowboats armed with firecrakers. Those masterminds are shooting their "El Rashid 250 Super Destroyer of Imperial Bastards" roman candles right next to oil tankers...
Maybe this will give you some perspective. Must watch. The funniest part is at about 57 seconds Ha!
Idiot Uses A Lighter To Check His Gas Tank
https://youtu.be/u_-eRBWMSjE
God DAMN, that's one hell of a fire extinguisher!
Someone really should drop a small nuke on CENTCOM.
The branch HQ in Qatar should be a good enough for an object lesson.
"Unprofessional." That musta devastated the poor Iranians. "Unprofessional"
Everybody I know cringes when called unprofessional.
Enough with the micro-aggressions, Moriarty!
Sounds like a job for Lurch
No mention of the Iranian thing on Truman's Farcebook page. If it is not on Soshal Meedja, it didn't happen.
Was the writing on it "made in USA"?
No wonder it missed.
Was it aimed and fired by a sunni?
No wonder it missed.
It's pretty ironic for an insane warmonger like McShitstain to accuse anyone of "saber rattling".
Funny, for once we have a video from USA to proove gov. claims, and in my country (in EU), it just doesn't load.
It's easier with Russian MOD videos: They are all on Youtube.
Try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcdmq07u2T8
--from Scooby!
Utilize a VPN (virtual proxy network) to change your ISP location to work around such 'challenges'.
War ships ( with the exception of subs), are just phallic symbols of a dying empire. To easy to destroy these days with modern weapons.
I thought subs were the phallic symbols. The big long tube plunging into the dark depths.
sounds like you are talking about Moochelles strap on.
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good boy! now its time to go back and play with the bones of muslime chidren. please bury them together with obamas adopted daughters in his backyard
You are a horrible man to say such things.
Scooby no like.
im sorry scooby you are right! all muslim children should be buried alive on the moon
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You've never been banned??
You're a slacker. Get busy posting things that SJWs do not want to read nor hear.
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Nope … you spelled racecar backwards
What a joke. I saw bigger fireworks on New Years eve. What the fuck are those good for? Seriously it looked like a bottle rocket...
germans this yaer saw some great firewokts too some of their woman will deal with the trauma for the reast of their lives
"Woman Scarred for Life by Firecracker During Cologne Mob Attack"
I don't know what Iran is thinking, the last thing they need to do is give the McShitstains an excuse to start WWIII. Iran has a right to self defense but this is stupid, unless there is something we don't know about.
On a side note, I noticed that Turkeys "training camp" is still in Iraq against their will. The Iraqis should give them one more warning and then blow that bitch up. The US will fill Iraq with troops whenever they feel like it anyway and if they let Turkey get a foothold they will own that place.
Turkey is still sending armed aircraft into Greek airspace.
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF...
By Turkey's standards, it would be OK to shoot them down.
I remember being in grade school and getting picked on by the upper class bullies. My friend John and I were perceived as a threat because we were good athletes and well liked.
Those upper class bullies would wait for us in the bike rack area each morning for their daily cup of hazing and giving us "snuggies" (pulling our underwear up our asses for those that don't know that term).
We took this shit for months, but one morning as we rode our bikes to school (btw Catholic school), we made a pact that this was the last day we would take it. As we arrived, the usual suspects were there congregating waiting for their daily fix.
This time we weren't taking it. We went backed to back and started swinging, fists and our backpacks full of books. I stood up on the rack and jumped on one on John's assailants and started to rip his hair out and bite his ears.
We kicked some motherfucking upper classmen's asses...I got a black eye and a torn lip...John scrapes on elbows and knees and a gash on his forehead. Needless to say, those bullies never fucked with us the remaining 2 years and we were heros to our fellow lower classmates.
My point is, there comes a time to stand up and fucking fight. Eventually when repressed people have nothing left to lose, they lose it.
Russia is packing a serious load of 'books' into its 'backpack.
It will make no threats, give no warning, just come out fighting. Russia has clearly marked its redlines. The AngloZionists show no sign of giving up, so it surrender or go all in.
I agree. The Green Revolution was a good start for Iran, unfortunately the people were arrested, crushed and even shot dead by government thug snipers.
But you're right, the Iranian people will rise up and take back what is rightfully theirs!
Each of us, I think, can look back to his own George McFly Moment.
Iran will make as good a George McFly as the next guy, and better than most.
Having the lovely John McCain play Biff would be a bonus.
it's all ok; remember, hussein n kerry negotiated that nifty new 'agreement'
btw, not that it matters, but my understanding is iRan never even signed the "thing" (nor any of the er uh 'side agreements')
we are at peace. you may resume normal activities
that agreement can be summed up as the US paying Iran $50 billion (thanks tax slaves!) to agree that an agreement was made
"Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional, and inconsistent with international maritime law," US CentCom said, in a statement.
So is droning innocents over countries you are not at war with or bombing Doctors Without Border's hospitals.
US Centcom, clean up your act, you sound hypocritical.