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.
I buzz this topic.
edit: Or is it digg or like? :hmm:
Slow news day.
"US Navy sees an air plane"
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?
:lmfao: @ Tim
What if Queen Elizabeth I had been piloting the jet? :hmm:
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:
Who's mother was she? :unsure:
The Queen
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.
Maverick and Iceman were too busy staring each other down on the hangar deck to stop them.
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.
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!
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.
Marty would've stopped the plane with his bare hands.
Siege reminds me of Francis from Stripes.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morethings.com%2Ffan%2Fbill_murray%2Fstripes%2Fbill_murray-stripes1981-1330.jpg&hash=c04d4265fda081590367f081079963b11d819b83)
Good one Ed!
Quote from: derspiess on April 29, 2010, 09:28:17 AM
Marty would've stopped the plane with his bare hands.
Tacled in mid-air!
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 29, 2010, 09:31:58 AM
Siege reminds me of Francis from Stripes.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morethings.com%2Ffan%2Fbill_murray%2Fstripes%2Fbill_murray-stripes1981-1330.jpg&hash=c04d4265fda081590367f081079963b11d819b83)
I never noticed the waxed eyebrows before.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 29, 2010, 12:44:14 PM
I never noticed the waxed eyebrows before.
Hey Yi, are you sure it isn't Fran Lebowitz who's responsible for the comment in your signature?
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 29, 2010, 12:51:22 PM
Hey Yi, are you sure it isn't Fran Lebowitz who's responsible for the comment in your signature?
Fuck. I've been holding off all this time because I couldn't remember her name, and was patting myself on the back for coming up with it.
I'll be back in a bit.
No dreadnought in the fleet to protect the carrier?
USN FAIL.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 29, 2010, 12:59:29 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 29, 2010, 12:51:22 PM
Hey Yi, are you sure it isn't Fran Lebowitz who's responsible for the comment in your signature?
Fuck. I've been holding off all this time because I couldn't remember her name, and was patting myself on the back for coming up with it.
I'll be back in a bit.
I thought it was Fawn Liebowitz, who died in a kiln explosion.
A red X? Devious.
Quote from: derspiess on April 29, 2010, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 29, 2010, 12:59:29 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 29, 2010, 12:51:22 PM
Hey Yi, are you sure it isn't Fran Lebowitz who's responsible for the comment in your signature?
Fuck. I've been holding off all this time because I couldn't remember her name, and was patting myself on the back for coming up with it.
I'll be back in a bit.
I thought it was Fawn Liebowitz, who died in a kiln explosion.
:D
Quote from: Jaron on April 29, 2010, 01:26:17 AM
The Queen
You do know the difference between Elisabeth Tudor and Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon do you not?