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2022-07-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran unveils first drone carrier fleet
Traditional Iranian vapourware, cardboard cutouts, or real? Your guess is as good as mine, dear Reader.
[Rudaw] Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
unveiled its first fleet of naval vessels capable of carrying combat drones on Friday, as US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity, except maybe for abandoning Afghanistan...
continues his Middle East tour.

The Iranian navy unveiled their latest up-to-date technological achievements in the field of combat, consisting of ships, submarines, and drones, equipped to provide a response in case "a mistake is made by the enemies" of Iran, according to the Commander-in-chief of the Iranian army Abdolrahim Mousavi, who was present during the ceremony.

Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a strategic declaration on Thursday, pledging to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Prior to Biden’s visit to Tel Aviv, AFP reported that the Israeli army will introduce the American president to their newest technological invention, anti-drone lasers, which they deemed "essential to confronting Iran."

The US president will continue his four-day trip to the Middle East, as he is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
on Friday and attend a summit with some of the region’s leaders the day after.

"Today, we witnessed the accomplishment of new achievements in the field of defense industry by the expert and committed youth of our country, which this time was manifested in the very important field of drones," state media cited Shahram Irani, commander of Iran’s strategic naval forces as saying.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday tweeted that Iran will not compromise its rights in the negotiations with the US to revive the nuclear deal, adding that "the puppet show of the White House and Zionism [Israel] in the region makes us more determined."

Washington and Tehran have held talks for over a year aimed at reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which former US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
withdrew from in 2018, but have not yielded much result.

Iran insists that the US removes its sanctions on the country, including those on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which Washington has listed as a terror group.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [26 views ]  Top
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#1 Your guess is as good as mine, dear Reader.

I would guess that Putin didn't travel to inspect mockups.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-16 10:38||   2022-07-16 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Whenever I think of the Iranian naval forces, I think of the Monty Python sketch on camouflage techniques. This innovation will extend the length of the conflict with us by either 30 seconds or 5 minutes depending on whether they are stupid enough to put the controllers for the drones on the carriers. Note - my estimate does not include the time associated with humanitarian rescue operations. My message to Adorable Mouseketeer is to wear his floaters at all times.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-07-16 12:17||   2022-07-16 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 One B-21 out of Diego. Grand tour of Iran. Good bet that in 2026 the Russians will not be in a position to even "protest" at the UN about it.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-16 12:28||   2022-07-16 12:28|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ ...I was thinking what would happen as one of our electronic warfare (EW) planes gets within range and starts Active Jamming. *Zorch* Drones falling out of the sky like snowflakes and if they have "return to launch point" that could be even more entertaining is a ship launched them.
Posted by magpie 2022-07-16 20:21||   2022-07-16 20:21|| Front Page Top

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