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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is your mulato muslime child properly praying 5x20 times a day to muhhamad? you should stop sharing your children with the local imams - thats child abuse
well as long as its your child i dont care.
Do tell!
IF the Iranians were very stupid people and if they had the resources (money) they WOULD have aircraft cariiers every place you list and probably a shit ton more...
There, fixed it for yah!
Squid
Cant see the forest here for the trees. Not a very inteligent bunch here today. Im disapointed, I expected better. Wtf are you arguing over aircraft carriers? They are now anacronisims just like battle ships. The US needs another Pearl harbour type false flag but its now time to leave all the carriers in one port with skeleton crews
Can you imagine being the captain of that fast attack boat and getting the order to do that right next to a US carrier. I bet he was like "you want me to do what?" Either that or he is a complete nut job, because I can't think of a quicker way to get yourself snuffed.
now many years ago the usn had war games using this exact scenario. the ships could not defend against swarming, small, fast attack boats equiped with torpedoes and rockets. the usn lost every contingency plan.
Right. Years ago...
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That lone human managed 13 unmanned surface vessels (USVs) at once — an unprecedented number — as they escorted a manned control ship through the James River of Virginia. They were simulating a Navy carrier or other “high value unit” transiting a dangerous strategic chokepoint like the Strait of Hormuz off Iran. When a “suspicious” craft approached, piloted by a human tester, the controller ordered the five smartest of the unmanned boats to stop it. (The other eight, less autonomous, kept escorting the mothership).
In effect, the sailor told the swarmboats, “sic ’em.”
And there things stopped, this time. Showing the swarming behavior worked was “the purpose of this demonstration,” Klunder said. “It was not to destroy the target. We certainly could have done that if it was needed.”
i wonder if the tables have been turned. if you'll remember both saddam and kaddafi gave all they could to avoid being regime changed to no avail. iran and russia now seem to be poking the chicken disquised as an eagle on purpose to bait them into an attack that would unleash a dozen s400 at usn truman. the buck stops here.
It looks like the bully is losing his fear factor.
Tonight is a boar-or-or-ing night on TheZeroHedge.com
Come'on gang, let's have a Scooby singalong!
Even with a video I don't believe.
Sure, why not? Look who we have for a President and House & Senate
Those yankee frigates are getting too close to our missiles, much ths same as the ZATO's missiles to Russia.
FLIR does not stand for forward looking infrared radar.
here is my solution to fix the middle east:
first of all the major problem of the middle east is the lack of humans living there. even in cuntries like the united arabic emirats only 27% of the population are humans.
after the usless brits left the middle east after ww2 there was nothing more than a desert and brit imported tea kettles. many people argue until today between the fact that the british empires fail is the result of the incest interbreed of the british family or their loss of morals due to letting jews run their government - its was proven bpth true in recent years.
not only british people are idiotic retards, who killed their own chldren with west indians. now their economy is basend podo-sex and child molesting.
the main promblem is that jews in all governments around the western world are now copying the brithish jews.
thats a crirical error
the only way to fix the real promblems is to kill all muslims in saudi arabia and replace them with humans.
it is our obligation, mo matter were we are from, to KILL ALL MUSLIMS instead of taking their sides
iran is a shithole supported by russia
arabia is a shithole supported by nato states
if we could agree on letting them fight each other and then take their countries over it would be great! (like we did with europe, funding nazis and comminists at the same time.)
but this time we need to learn from the mistakes of the stupid brits and replace the whole arabic population and destroy islam
Dahm son... I'd like to watch you play competitive Monopoly...
All this aside, the US is not about to kick off proceedings with Iran.
Saudi Arabia has, more or less, run out of oil (why the fuck do you think those head chopping sand Niggaz are busy trying to bomb and 'regime change' they're neighbor Yemen? For the postage stamps?).
No. The US recently allowed Iran to continue its nuclear program (much to the displeasure of JoosRael) and rescind sanctions so as to guarantee continued oil flow into the US, at affordable rates, and thereby divert Iranian oil production away from China. Who, incidentally, is willing to pay for oil in any currency you please to mention.
This is just 'media food' to keep all you fuck knuckles excited. Move along, nothing to see here.....
PS - Tyler. Where have all these pond-life like posters appeared from of late? Most can't even string a coherent sentence together. Please bring back the Math test.
they are only little rockets.... what does it matter?
I think the DoD/DoS and CIA need to have a "pow wow" on how to teach the basics for covert activities while abroad. Looks like Langley didn't have a very good "lessons" learned when one of our assets Ryan Fogle fucked up and got exposed a few years back!!!
If you want a good late night laugh here is your "meal ticket"!
It's obvious we pay these guys way too much money and they still can't get out of there own way fast enough, no matter how hard they try?!!!
P.S.
Those 17 American mercs should be shot dead!!!
Iran's timing was not the best considering that Obama is initiating gun control measures by executive order. They could be next on Obama's list for disarmament?
You're right. My spell check didn't even pick that up. Straight - Strait. I feel so embarrassed. Perhaps I need to resit that maths test myself. Free punch Tyler's...
Spell check will let you down, just like Washington. It will fly right over lots of stuff: Like "pubic place" when you meant to write "public place".
Freudian slip. We know what you wanted to write.
You like pubics in a public place...
Like "pubic place" when you meant to write "public place".
I thought they were the same?........ and yes I spell checked those six words, but not the grammar:)
The video is BS - Iran say it never happened and frankly I believe them !!!
He who pelts every barking dog must pick up many stones - ancient Chinese proverb.
Is the US there to find reasons to create trouble? I mean, really. Are we at war with those carriers, or just cruising the strip, looking for something to happen? It's not like Iran is doing this crap 200 miles off the coast of Manhatten, NY.
There is no gratitude in some people the Iranian navy goes to all the effort of giving the Americans a welcome show and all they get is criticism, I bet they never even clapped.
Provocation! Rubbish, they were welcoming the Americans with fireworks. The US State Dept. says to reward them.
IRAN is preparing to be a regional power. there is nothing the U S can do about it.
they have technology and oil. they do not fear the military because they can close the strit of hormuz. russia can supply surface to air missiles. who hacked a drone and landed it then gave the drone to china
https://www.quora.com/Did-Iran-sell-the-stealth-drone-technology-to-Chin...
they dont even care to make nuclear weapons but if necessary they could, maybe russia would go along with that but I bet they would monitor very carefully to make sure it never got used, if they allowed it all.
always been a fear mongering ploy to blame Iran, what about the twin pot strirrers saudi awhorbia and the occupiers of palestine?
how can iran test rockets in the vicinity of their land, outrageous
The US and NATO states are being deliberately "provoked" on many fronts to spread themselves too thin. The will of the people to fight slowly eroded to zero with end game being civil war all over Europe and North Merika.
The Russians are not behind this, not the Iranians, not China, not north Korea but they have sensed weakness and doing just as the masters of the universe expected...testing those weaknesses.
The reason behind all this is the unwinding of the biggest ponzi in history. We are all suffering already 8 years into the depression to end all depressions. After this, those that survive will look at caveman with envy as they scavenge for anything that can go hand yo mouth. We are playing right into the plan.
The casino's vault is empty, has been for years and we continue placing bets...even those of us that know they are paying out with funny money have no escape. faced with this realization, all governments have to somehow redirect the blame when it becomes painfully obvious to all they players at the table. The only option mankind knows, when faced with such a threat to his entitlements is violence.
No one is steering the ship at this point, the captain and all the bridge officers have abandoned the ship...this is a full tilt mutiny.
Soon all things will be worth zero unless you can eat it raw. What happens on the other side of this event horizon is anybody's guess. Hopefully some among the services know how to safely shut down the hundreds of nuclear reactors before they melt down and make all corners of this God forsaken rock completely uninhabitable.
In the meantime, we will be feed all sorts of crap in figurative terms...the miss information and lies, and literally, gmo poison food and water to make us too fat, sick and dumb to fight back.
Never hand over your guns!
Change all fiat to pms gold, silver, lead and brass.
Make note of the moneychangers around you...;-)
The water from your tap is poisoned, stay clear of it.
9-11 was an inside job...as sad as that is to believe.
Yeah. That about sums it up.
Cant see the forest here for the trees. Im disapointed, I expected better. Wtf are you arguing over aircraft carriers? They are now anacronisims just like battle ships. The US needs another Pearl harbour type false flag but its now time to leave all the carriers in one port with skeleton crews
Iran : Keep nukes ready
if you plan to attack any US ship
Remember Pearl Harbor