![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:04 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Remember that !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! the Iranians made of a US Nimitz Class carrier? Speculation that they were going to blow it up turned out to be correct. Using fast patrol boats and a few missiles, they destroyed it during some war games. I'd like to see how successful they would be if the carrier were actually shooting back.
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![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:13 |
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LAWL. Every time I see the video of the little boats I think of them in a apache gun camera video.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:17 |
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That, and I think CIWS would like a word as well. Thing is, though, if you send enough of them, there's a good chance one or two will get through.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:20 |
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Lol, let's see them try the real thing again and we'll see what happens.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:21 |
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Thing is the carrier will never be alone in combat. They would be blown out of the water if they came within 200 Nm of a carrier.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:22 |
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They seem to forget that carriers tend not to go around by themselves. Or sit still. Or have any airplanes.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:23 |
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Well, it's not impossible. Our carriers do actively patrol in the Gulf, so they have to go through the Strait of Hormuz.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:24 |
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As I replied to somebody else, you don't find a carrier sitting alone and stationary in the ocean. CAP, multiple screening ships, and CIWS if any happen to get through.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:24 |
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It's easy to blow up a big heavy aircraft carrier without all those pesky aircraft fighting back.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 16:53 |
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Odd that the subs are surfaced. Might be for the picture though.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 17:24 |
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They got rekt m8.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 18:55 |
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Yeah there is a risk when going through the straight.
This simulation was dumb because it makes them look bad and isn't a true simulation. But there are risks.
![]() 02/25/2015 at 19:53 |
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Ok so let me get this right... it was mockup made out of ply wood and some sticks & tubes, that didnt fight back, didnt have support fleet... AND they still couldnt sink it :)