Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles

Iran has launched missiles at a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The drill included fire so heavy that the US military temporarily put two regional bases on alert.
The US navy condemned the "irresponsible and reckless behaviour by Iran", labelling it an attempt "to intimidate and coerce".
The exercise comes at a time of increased tension between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf waters.

The drills - named Prophet Mohammed 14th - were broadcast on state television.
The mock-up - which resembles a carrier the US routinely sails into the Gulf - is shown with dummy fighter jets on either side of its landing strip. Missiles are then launched from a variety of angles, including some aimed at the carrier.
Another missile fired from a helicopter appears to hit the side of the fake warship.
"What was shown today in these exercises, at the level of aerospace and naval forces, was all offensive," Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami told state television.


Ballistic missile fire was detected and led to American troops being put on alert in the UAE and Qatar, the US military said.
"The US Navy conducts defensive exercises with our partners promoting maritime security in support of freedom of navigation; whereas, Iran conducts offensive exercises, attempting to intimidate and coerce," said Commander Rebecca Rebarich, spokeswoman for the US Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet.

Nope made me laugh at how dumb they are. Unless they have mastered invisible boats, then I believe the US would fire back and at much greater distances. Also presumes they have killed all the escorts.

You would think they were more concerned with CV19.

I will grant them, theyd likely do a fair bit of damage before having their forces wiped out. No one making the claim their weapons are lacking in quality or quantity.
Indeed, i'd be curious to know the *honest* figures for the death toll there. That being said, it certainly wasnt helped by Washington being, economically, at war with them.

Its a non issue because they wouldnt sail up the straits where they couldn't manoeuvre.
Who said their weapons are lacking in quality and quantity, they are of a certain type and effective in certain situations.
The US understands this and will not pit themselves in such situations.
Says a lot about the regime they think this has top priority for their people.

Really depends what they're aiming to do. Just because it is unlikely doesnt make it impossible after all.
A fair few users on here and plenty of ignorant news commentators. After all, we need only look at Hizbollah to see how effective just one can be.
Again, unlikely is not impossible. Who are we to question US strategic planners after all.
I mean yes and no. On the one hand from an outside perspective it seems dumb as **** to be wasting money on this. From their perspective though it makes perfect sense, they are at war with America and Washington is vowed to the destruction of the government there. Nevermind the historical precedent. The fact of the matter is though the US has voiced its support for "regime change" and supports terror groups in Iran, whether we like it or not the government there has every right to be fearful.

Yes ofc you will sail a multi billion $ carrier into the straits where you cant manoeuvre all alone and park it next to Iranian missile batteries. It could happen ofc it could..... seriously. Whatever makes them happy. Just plays into the orange ones hands.

Its a non issue because they wouldnt sail up the straits where they couldn't manoeuvre.
Who said their weapons are lacking in quality and quantity, they are of a certain type and effective in certain situations.
The US understands this and will not pit themselves in such situations.
Says a lot about the regime they think this has top priority for their people.

WTF is this? An HGV Katyusha?

PRSOM. The USN would absolutely not deploy a nuclear powered Carrier Battle Group into the SOH where Iran can deploy it's suicide boats and missiles against it. Occasionally nuclear powered super carriers will transit through there but only when there's no realistic chance attack. I doubt even the smaller helicopter /AV-8 / F-35B carriers would go through if the chance of attack was high (although these ships are still bigger than most of everyone else's).

Iran's biggest trump card regarding the SOH is to say that they've mined it. The price of oil would probably double overnight. It wouldn't even have to be a true statement as until the tanker companies can be sure there's no mines, no one is going to sail their super tanker through the SOH, at least not without a USN or RN escort. However, such an act by Iran would possibly leave their country open to massive US retaliation, including to cyber attacks that make Op Olympic Games look like a picnic.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nitro-zeus-iran-infrastructure-2016-7

Oh great, so Covid and now World War Three. Not quite what I had in mind when I said I hoped 2020 would be an exciting year.

Apparently, the Iranians released a lot of these videos today. One has caught the interests of some people showing long range rockets boring out of the ground through sand lacking launch platforms...suggesting that they're hidden underground and so may be harder to detect and destroy.

Iran wishes they were important enough to be the cause of WW3...

Indeed. Although, if not WWIII, they'd still make life in the Gulf ****ing miserable

Temporarily.

Fairly standard practice, all countries do it for such types of batteries - after all it would be very silly to leave tens of millions of dollars of expensive kit lying around to be droned