Iran attacks replica of aircraft carrier

[cqcn88]

Do you think they realize the real ones shoot back?

Video: Iran attacks replica US ship in military drill - Telegraph

 

[ViperJock]

Ok ok, swords rattled. Good job Iran. You gave us all a good scare.

 

[VUPDblue]

Isn't that cute

 

[Cable]

The small attack boat tactics reminds me of the military simulation "Millenium Challenge" in 2002 where the US Navy actually lost in the first day. Hopefully they learned something from that exercise so it doesn't become reality.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Wait, they attacked a fake carrier made of 2x4's, Styrofoam, and aluminum siding, but sill didn't sink it. How the heck do they think they'd sink a real one again?

 

[Sylvain]

Wait, they attacked a fake carrier made of 2x4's, Styrofoam, and aluminum siding, but sill didn't sink it. How the heck do they think they'd sink a real one again?

Well foam floats.

 

[eric001]

OK, I have to admit it...the longer I thought about this drill, the funnier it got.

I just have to think that Iran is trying to out-stoopid N. Korea right now. That's the only thing I could come up with after I stopped laughing.

They might as well see if using a rubber band gun will take down an elephant--might have a better set of odds trying that than taking on a US carrier for realzies.

 

[oldpink]

Do you think they realize the real ones shoot back?

Video: Iran attacks replica US ship in military drill - Telegraph

Not really.
Carriers by themselves have very little to directly defend themselves, other than a few M-2s and (I don't think they even have these anymore) Sea Sparrow anti-air missiles.
Their air wing, of course, is there, but it still has to be aloft when the SHTF, so it's a pretty defenseless target by itself, a very big and tempting target at that.
That's why you invariably see a battle group surrounding these bird farms, composed of cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and (you won't ever see it, but it's there nonetheless) a sub or two.

 

[avboiler11]

Small boat swarms are a real threat to a carrier, not unlike missile swarms.

The issue, of course, is that carriers travel alone pretty much never...and a carrier strike group has a MASSIVE amount of firepower available to defend the carrier.

But hey, let them exercise...

 

[jdmack79]

OK, I have to admit it...the longer I thought about this drill, the funnier it got.

I just have to think that Iran is trying to out-stoopid N. Korea right now. That's the only thing I could come up with after I stopped laughing.

They might as well see if using a rubber band gun will take down an elephant--might have a better set of odds trying that than taking on a US carrier for realzies.

The DPRK scares me a lot more than Iran. Korea at least has some decent Russian equipment.


North Korea reveals its 'stealth' ship-destroyer in warning to Seoul and the US | Daily Mail Online

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

INGO could reenact that video with a cardboard topped jon boat loaded down with tannerite on the White river.

 

[GIJEW]

They can't hit the side of a barn so they needed a bigger target?

 

[jblomenberg16]

INGO could reenact that video with a cardboard topped jon boat loaded down with tannerite on the White river.

Meet and greet event?

 

[Blackhawk2001]

A swarm of fast boats might make decent cover for the approach and attack of one or more of Iran's diesel-electric Russian-built submarines. That such an attack might not be survivable would not necessarily be a deterrent to the Iranians, and the propaganda victory of a successful sinking of a US Carrier would be worth the loss of their entire navy.

 

[Leadeye]

Meh.

 

[BogWalker]

Feel free to keep wasting ammo Iran.

 

[pitbulld45]

They didn't even do a very good job on this fake unarmed sitting target.

 

[Rookie]

Not really.
Carriers by themselves have very little to directly defend themselves, other than a few M-2s and (I don't think they even have these anymore) Sea Sparrow anti-air missiles.
Their air wing, of course, is there, but it still has to be aloft when the SHTF, so it's a pretty defenseless target by itself, a very big and tempting target at that.
That's why you invariably see a battle group surrounding these bird farms, composed of cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and (you won't ever see it, but it's there nonetheless) a sub or two.

They don't have the phalanx?

 

[singlestacksig]

they shoot back. lots.. an attack like that would end seconds, and the anti sub folks won't even blink..
Close-in weapon system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Iran is certainly a world leader in making fake military vehicles/crafts/vessels/etc.