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2020-11-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S.: TV

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Posted by Fred 2020-11-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Oh goodie, another artificial reef.

Posted by One Eyed Snusoper4309 2020-11-20 01:04|| 2020-11-20 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 "A moving foxhole attracts the eye." Bill Mauldin.

Posted by b 2020-11-20 06:23|| 2020-11-20 06:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Is Shahid an Arabic word for balsa wood?

Posted by Raj 2020-11-20 10:06|| 2020-11-20 10:06|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a small freighter (4000 tons) that the Iranians placed a few military items. Iranians are the masters of the big talk / small cock.

Here's how to build a expeditionary sea base.

Posted by One Eyed Snusoper4309 2020-11-20 10:49|| 2020-11-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Besides, I'm not a naval person, but I believe the magic isn't in the carrier (or just in the carrier) but the Battle Group which surrounds it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-11-20 10:58|| 2020-11-20 10:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Britannia yields to scorn

Posted by Sninemble Whereck4033 2020-11-20 11:19|| 2020-11-20 11:19|| Front Page Top

#7 with a length of 150m, it would be smaller than the 1920s Langley

also less than half the length of the current US carriers

Posted by Lord Garth 2020-11-20 12:53|| 2020-11-20 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 In unrelated news, DJI released the second generation of their sub-250gm drones. You could operate those off a rowboat.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-11-20 15:10|| 2020-11-20 15:10|| Front Page Top

#9 It's a converted ro-ro (roll on roll off car carrier) with some military geat sitting on the deck. Look for it to wander off to Yemen and deliver stuff to the Houthi.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-11-20 23:34|| 2020-11-20 23:34|| Front Page Top

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