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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Iran building giant fake U.S. Navy aircraft carrier

Giant mock carrierIran appears to be getting ready to blow up an American aircraft carrier — of its own making.

Intelligence analysts have found evidence that the Middle Eastern nation has been building a giant mock carrier in the style of the Navy’s Nimitz-class ships, the New York Timesreported. Satellite images of Iran’s Gachin shipyard show its construction near Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf last summer.

In addition to having a distinct likeness to the 1,100-foot-long carriers, the replica also has the Nimitz’s number 68 paint on its bow, the Times reported. Fake aircraft are also present in the satellite imagery.

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1 comment:

  1. codenine75a23/3/14 18:48

    Well there it goes. Iran can build a US naval ship. Nobody gets the problem? They have blue prints so they have intelligence of US seacraft. DUH! Nobody cares.

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