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Iranian jet buzzed the USS Eisenhower

Started by citizen k, April 29, 2010, 12:23:21 AM

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citizen k


QuoteAP source: US Navy has encounter with Iranian jet
By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press


WASHINGTON – A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance jet last week in the Gulf of Oman.

The official says the jet buzzed a Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Eisenhower, coming within about 1,000 yards of the ship. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said the April 21 incident occurred in international waters.

The jet was described as a maritime patrol aircraft generally used for surveillance.

The official says "there was nothing threatening about the aircraft itself or how it presented itself."

The official could not confirm reports by NBC and CBS that the jet made three passes over the Navy ship.

garbon

I buzz this topic.

edit: Or is it digg or like?  :hmm:
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jimmy olsen

1,000 yards? Can't a jet over that distance in a few seconds? What if it had swerved over and tried to kamikaze into the ship? Would there have been enough time to react and shoot it down?
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garbon

What if Queen Elizabeth I had been piloting the jet? :hmm:
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Jaron

Quote from: garbon on April 29, 2010, 01:20:15 AM
What if Queen Elizabeth I had been piloting the jet? :hmm:

How DARE you talk about the Queen Mother that way! :angry:
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garbon

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Jaron

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Siege

Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 29, 2010, 12:47:40 AM
1,000 yards? Can't a jet over that distance in a few seconds? What if it had swerved over and tried to kamikaze into the ship? Would there have been enough time to react and shoot it down?

Tim, that plane got inside the AAA umbrella protecting the carrier, in international waters, and our brave sailors did nothing.
Now the iranians know how to take out a carrier.

This is call a dry run.



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Ed Anger

Maverick and Iceman were too busy staring each other down on the hangar deck to stop them.
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Siege

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 29, 2010, 07:43:54 AM
Maverick and Iceman were too busy staring each other down on the hangar deck to stop them.

And as always, there have to be a movie reference from a war movie.

Ah, I forgot, war is only a movie for you.




"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


Ed Anger

Quote from: Siege on April 29, 2010, 08:38:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 29, 2010, 07:43:54 AM
Maverick and Iceman were too busy staring each other down on the hangar deck to stop them.

And as always, there have to be a movie reference from a war movie.

Ah, I forgot, war is only a movie for you.

As it should be. I am much too valuable to myself to be risked doing shit plebs can do better.

Enjoy being cannon fodder!
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

grumbler

Quote from: Siege on April 29, 2010, 07:36:16 AM
Tim, that plane got inside the AAA umbrella protecting the carrier, in international waters, and our brave sailors did nothing.
Now the iranians know how to take out a carrier.

This is call a dry run.
:lol:  Never change!

I would note that "brave" Siegebreaker did nothing about the plane (other than whine), either.
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derspiess

Marty would've stopped the plane with his bare hands.
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