+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557 Posted March 22, 2014 http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/21/why-is-iran-building-giant-mock-up-of-u-s-aircraft-carrier/?hpt=hp_t2 can`t believe it! they use so much energie into fooling their people, and make the western laugh ... damn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeargasHorse 287 Posted March 22, 2014 LOL...thanks! It's most likely a prop like the reporter says, to be blown up and shown Iranian stre....lol couldn't say it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted March 22, 2014 Not aware of a carrier with a deck shaped like that - it has quite a small area at the front. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macelena 1,070 Posted March 22, 2014 Are they planning on getting some DF-21s and use that for target practice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted March 22, 2014 ohh no! what will we do? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,235 Posted March 22, 2014 awwwwwwww they put up the photoshop and went outside to play.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evildeadmeat 153 Posted March 22, 2014 This will make a nice addition to the "amazing" F-313 Qaher toys'R'Us-style combat aircraft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557 Posted March 22, 2014 Troyan Horse filled with explosive for US Naval Bases would be the most realistic mission for this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,289 Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Either it is a photoshop thing to fool the west, or they make a target for anti carrier strike training missions. Later would make sense, but personally i think its a fake. Edited March 22, 2014 by Gepard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted March 24, 2014 It's likely a representative size/shape target for training because the expense to make it just to sink it for propaganda wouldn't really return a good value. Even a fake shell that has to be towed around is a non-trivial expense at that size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted April 6, 2014 Its coming along nicely Recent satellite imagery showed Tehran is building a fake U.S. aircraft. New photographs prove that Iran’s Nimitz class mock flattop hosts several (fake) planes, including some CAG birds and a Jolly Rogers F/A-18 Hornet. Iran is not only working on a mock American aircraft carrier. New images posted on Facebook show that the USS Nimitz class ship being assembled in an Iranian shipyard on the Persian Gulf most probably for propaganda purposes (do you remember the F-313 Qaher stealth jet?) or as a movie prop, now features also some embarked planes. Noteworthy, along with some F-5 Tiger aircraft (serving with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force but not existing in a carrier-variant) parked on the flight deck of the fake Iranian carrier there are also some fake F/A-18 Hornets. One of the two in special color scheme sports the unique livery and markings of the legendary VFA-103 “Jolly Rogers”. The Jolly Rogers are one of the most famous squadron in U.S. Navy. They currently fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet adorned with Ensign Jack Ernie’s skull-and-crossbones on all-black tails, their symbol and probably the most recognizable one in Naval Aviation (to such an extent you can find it in Disney’s “Planes” cartoon). The reason for using CAG (Carrier Air Group) planes in special colors makes Iran’s mysterious aircraft carrier’s flight deck slightly more realistic but the question remains: why did Tehran spend so much money to build such a huge model? As mentioned before, it might be a prop for an upcoming movie (about an Iranian airliner shot down by a U.S. cruiser in 1988) as reported by some media outlets; still, considering the effort in building the mock up it is also possible that the ship will serve for more military purposes: for instance testing new technologies and/or training warplanes to attack a U.S. flattop in the Persian Gulf exploiting its vulnerabilities. In either cases, just a waste of money… from http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/02/iran-fake-aircraft-carrier/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+allenjb42 4,234 Posted April 6, 2014 I think Jerry Bruckheimer contracted the Iranians to make the set for Top Gun 2! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milktrout 9 Posted April 6, 2014 When will the Strike Fighters 2 version be available for download? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted April 7, 2014 Where do you think the Iranians got the design? They reverse-engineered the LODs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted April 11, 2014 I think the speculation above that it is for troop training/target practice is, ahem, on target. and they will then use the video of said target practice for propaganda films. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peugeot205 2,745 Posted April 11, 2014 Iran's new film or show feautring an aircraft carrier.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557 Posted April 11, 2014 Maybe a radarecho pic for a new weaponsystem? Just for evaluation? You can`T ask the US Navy for such a thing :-P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 25, 2015 Its purpose revealed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallenphoenix1986 603 Posted February 25, 2015 So who wants to tell them the real one moves and shoots back? Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B52STRATO 215 Posted February 26, 2015 Well, I thought that I had already seen these guys somewhere http://youtu.be/xy6Ak1DYReI?t=1m14s 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted March 2, 2015 Oh no, the USN's 4th Balsa Wood Fleet is in danger now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
