Caught On Tape: Iran Conducts Live-Fire Rocket Drill Next To US Carrier

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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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Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:49 | 7023196 quintago
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Arabian Gulf. Ha. That says it all right there.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:59 | 7023239 BaghdadBob
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:03 | 7023254 Flybyknight
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Yes this fuss would be justified if it was happening off the coast of New York

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:15 | 7023294 Scooby Dooby Doo
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These Iranians need to be skooled. Boo Iran!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:05 | 7023454 WTFUD
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. . . and you doo doo need to be neutered.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:31 | 7023557 highandwired
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How about the newest Chemtrail plant explosion in China? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynwBknrR_g

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 20:48 | 7023790 macholatte
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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?

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:11 | 7023485 HowdyDoody
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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.

 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:19 | 7023514 random999
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:16 | 7023297 HowdyDoody
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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.

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:52 | 7023414 Taint Boil
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Spot on + 1000

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:53 | 7023416 Taint Boil
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double post ...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 20:00 | 7023662 alphahammer
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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

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 20:31 | 7023741 Mr.BlingBling
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God DAMN, that's one hell of a fire extinguisher!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:04 | 7023445 August
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Someone really should drop a small nuke on CENTCOM.

The branch HQ in Qatar should be a good enough for an object lesson.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:56 | 7023199 knukles
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"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

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:53 | 7023420 HowdyDoody
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No mention of the Iranian thing on Truman's Farcebook page. If it is not on Soshal Meedja, it didn't happen.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:21 | 7023207 jal
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Was the writing on it "made in USA"?

No wonder it missed.

Was it aimed and fired by a sunni?

No wonder it missed.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:51 | 7023208 Bay of Pigs
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It's pretty ironic for an insane warmonger like McShitstain to accuse anyone of "saber rattling".

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:52 | 7023211 wesson
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:19 | 7023310 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcdmq07u2T8

--from Scooby!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:04 | 7023448 Realname
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Utilize a VPN (virtual proxy network) to change your ISP location to work around such 'challenges'.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:52 | 7023214 joego1
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War ships ( with the exception of subs), are just phallic symbols of a dying empire. To easy to destroy these days with modern weapons.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:18 | 7023307 XitSam
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I thought subs were the phallic symbols. The big long tube plunging into the dark depths.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:17 | 7023510 gatorengineer
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sounds like you are talking about Moochelles strap on.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:54 | 7023221 Wile
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Test - new user

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:56 | 7023226 - - - - - -
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whats the reason theyve banned you?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:01 | 7023246 Wile
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First time here.  You are mistaken.

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hey  im the the first tme here too   nice to meet you

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:27 | 7023331 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Scooby's never been banned. Scooby's a good boy!

Scooby Dooby Doo!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:33 | 7023338 - - - - - -
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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

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:36 | 7023347 Scooby Dooby Doo
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You are a horrible man to say such things.

Scooby no like.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:44 | 7023382 - - - - - -
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im sorry scooby you are right! all muslim children should be buried alive on the moon

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:58 | 7023433 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Those words can get you banned. Be careful -------!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:38 | 7023355 GhostOfDiogenes
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Sccob me and you need to have a (cough) "conference" (cough) in the scoobmobile.

Stat.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:46 | 7023395 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Scooby will not share his winning unless you're nice to Scooby! No fighting. And NO MUSLIMS will get any no matter what!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:29 | 7023334 BarkingCat
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:19 | 7023309 css1971
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Nope. It's coming through all garbled. All I'm getting is

'!"§!"§3@@@1^2'

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:59 | 7023434 Taint Boil
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Nope  … you spelled racecar backwards

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:57 | 7023231 alphahammer
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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...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:30 | 7023553 - - - - - -
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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"

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:57 | 7023233 Ms No
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:37 | 7023350 HowdyDoody
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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.

 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 21:49 | 7023970 TheReplacement
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US Navy sailors can see the reach of the Iranian Navy pretty much covers the entire gulf.  Beware.

US citizens can see the exposure of warmongers like McCain.  Whether they choose to recognize this is beyond Iran's control but they must try in order to avoid war with the US.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:04 | 7023259 piceridu
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:40 | 7023366 HowdyDoody
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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.

 

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:46 | 7023394 alphahammer
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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!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:13 | 7023496 August
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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.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:10 | 7023277 bamawatson
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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

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 18:57 | 7023430 Sanity Bear
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that agreement can be summed up as the US paying Iran $50 billion (thanks tax slaves!) to agree that an agreement was made

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