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Jura The idiot

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looks like an overkill :) but it's a recent Italian drill off the West Africa coast: the Cavour (550) and the Carlo Bergamini (F-593) sent assault team(s) in two helicopters and one boat to "free from pirates" some Italian cargo ship (as of now, it's already in Lagos, Nigeria harbor :)
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43 minutes of raw footage of Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (550)

[video=youtube;Poi51D2XdPQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poi51D2XdPQ[/video]
 
navyreco

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I hope this is no repost

Why is Iran building a mock US aircraft carrier?
Washington: Iran is building a nonworking mock-up of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that US officials say may be intended to be blown up for propaganda value.

Intelligence analysts studying satellite photos of Iranian military installations first noticed the vessel rising from the Gachin shipyard, near Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf, last summer. The ship has the same distinctive shape and style of the Navy's Nimitz-class carriers, as well as the USS Nimitz's No. 68 neatly painted in white near the bow. Mock aircraft can be seen on the flight deck.

The Iranian mock-up, which US officials described as more like a barge than a warship, has no nuclear propulsion system and is only about two-thirds the length of a typical 1,100-foot-long Navy (335 metre) carrier. Intelligence officials do not believe that Iran is capable of building an actual aircraft carrier.

A satellite image showing Iran's mock-up of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in one of its naval shipyards near Bandar Abbas.
A satellite image showing Iran's mock-up of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in one of its naval shipyards near Bandar Abbas. Photo: Digitalglobe

"Based on our observations, this is not a functioning aircraft carrier; it's a large barge built to look like an aircraft carrier," said Commander Jason Salata, a spokesman for the Navy's 5th Fleet in Bahrain, across the Persian Gulf from Iran. "We're not sure what Iran hopes to gain by building this. If it is a big propaganda piece, to what end?"

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Whatever the purpose, American officials acknowledged Thursday that they wanted to reveal the existence of the vessel to get out ahead of the Iranians.
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wtf...
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If this is a functional CV then I am the Pope
 
TerraN_EmpirE

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Most guesses are a propaganda or training.
Propaganda argument says they blow it up.
Training they might have IRGC boat crews shoot it up
I have a theory of my own. this is too small for actually operate aircraft off, and simpily blowing it up seems a waste.
The Khalij Fars (Persian Gulf) missile system.
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it's said to have a range of 300KM, and a Electro optical guidence system.
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It's supposed to be a single stage solid fuel anti ballistic missile possibly comparable to the DF21 Anti ship ballistic missile. I think the Iranians are going to try a live fire test and this barge is the intended target.
 
Jura The idiot

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
... I think the Iranians are going to try a live fire test and this barge is the intended target.
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And my guess: If this happened, some excellent hit would result, like the warhead entering through the funnel and blasting off a large part of the target's bottom :) the preprogramed GPS in the missile, and the previous work of demolition men on the ship, wouldn't be mentioned, though LOL
 
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