Iran moves mock aircraft carrier to sea amid US tensions

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., satellite photographs released Monday show, likely signalling the Islamic Republic soon plans to use it for live-fire drills.

An image from Maxar Technologies taken Sunday shows an Iranian fast boat speed toward the carrier, sending waves up in its wake, after a tugboat pulled her out into the strait from the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.

Iranian state media and officials have yet to acknowledge bringing the replica out to the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil passes. However, its appearance there suggests Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is preparing an encore of a similar mock-sinking it conducted in 2015.

The U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, which patrols Mideast waterways, remains “confident in our naval forces’ ability to defend themselves against any maritime threat," said spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich when asked about the faux carrier's movements.

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[AZ8theist]

1. A fake aircraft carrier..

Taunting a fake presnit(wit).....

What could go wrong?

[oldsoftie]

2. How do they not see what an embarrassment this is?

Plywood boats being blown up. WOW

[dware]

3. I notice that they don't go after a real US Carrier,

they aren't stupid, they know that if they actually went after a real US Carrier, their infrastructure would cease to exist about an hour later.

Blowing up an mock carrier is a walk in the park compared to taking on a real carrier, I spent a large portion of my career in the Marines aboard Aircraft Carriers and I can say with absolute confidence that those CVN's are very well protected and can take multiple hits and still conduct combat operations.