Iranian UAV secretly films US Carrier in the Persian Gulf

[ShadowFighter]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERn75VRlc-o

pretty cool.

[buddahbeast]

interesting

[Saint 3:16]

Propoganda BS.

The carrier was most definitely near the coast.

UAVs have limited range.

[Sambo234]

UAVs dont' hover.

[KMOne]

How do we know that the UAV was "secretly" filming the carrier? Is there any evidence that the American carrier didn't know it was there? Also, how do we know that it was an Iranian UAV?

[ShadowFighter]

taken from iranian news site, farsi written language on the vid too.

[shockg]

Don't aircraft carriers travel with a "carrier group"??

Wiki-

Unescorted carriers are considered vulnerable to attack by other ships, aircraft, submarines or missiles and therefore travel as part of a carrier battle group (CVBG), which is now known as a Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in the US Navy or Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) if the carrier is an LHD or LHA. Unlike other types of capital ships in the 20th century, aircraft carrier designs since World War II have been effectively unlimited by any consideration save budgetary, and the ships have increased in size to handle the larger aircraft: The large, modern Nimitz class of United States Navy carriers has a displacement nearly four times that of the World War II-era USS Enterprise yet its complement of aircraft is roughly the same.


Seems awfully strange that on the wide angle shots you don't see other boat wakes. From what I understand they travel with quite a few ships around them, Two Aegis missle defense ships, multiple types of destroyers, attack subs, support ships. Fishy.

[Deioces]

+1 for Iran.

[KMOne]

I noticed that, too. But in this age of photo and video editing software, those things are fairly easy to add to any video.

Even if you accept that it's an authentic Iranian-taken video from some sort of UAV they operate, where is the proof that it's a "secret" filming? How do we know that the American carrier didn't know it was there?

[kealii]

Originally Posted by shockg

Don't aircraft carriers travel with a "carrier group"??



Seems awfully strange that on the wide angle shots you don't see other boat wakes. From what I understand they travel with quite a few ships around them, Two Aegis missle defense ships, multiple types of destroyers, attack subs, support ships. Fishy.

any ships in the strike group would be out of range most of the time. there are really no advantages to having ships right next to each other. especially if there are multiple aegis crudes ships around. as far as being secretly video taped that is impossible. trust me.