Why is Iran building giant mock-up of U.S. aircraft carrier?
By Laura Koran
Amid ongoing high-level diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran, it's a symbol of underlying mistrust.
Commercial satellite images obtained by CNN reveal that Iran is constructing a large-scale replica of a U.S. military aircraft carrier, complete with fake U.S-style airplanes, near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
The mock supercarrier seems to have been modeled off of an American Nimitz-class (CVN 68) carrier, down to the number "68" painted on the flight deck, though its intended use remains a mystery.
According to one U.S. official, the mock-up is more akin to a Hollywood set than an actual warship.
The U.S. government does not believe the carrier is functional, or that Iran is even capable of building an aircraft carrier.
The same official told CNN's Barbara Starr that while the purpose of the fake carrier is unknown, Iran may be planning to destroy it in a propaganda move. The Iranian government has blown up target barges in the past and aired the footage on its state-run media.
"If this is all for strategic effect," noted the official, "then with all eyes on the construction that seems to fizzle."
Nimitz-class carriers are the centerpiece of U.S. naval forces, and the largest warships in the world. Few countries have nuclear-powered carriers in their fleets.
The revelation that Iran is constructing this mock carrier comes at a potentially pivotal moment in U.S.-Iranian relations.
Back in November, negotiations between Iran and a coalition of countries that includes the United States brought about an interim agreement over Iran's nuclear program. Iran agreed to roll back parts of the program in exchange for an end to certain economic sanctions.
Negotiations on a larger deal are ongoing.
On Thursday, in a message to the Iranian people to commemorate the Persian new year, President Barack Obama said he is "committed to diplomacy" with their country.
But amid the softened rhetoric, there is lingering mistrust in both countries.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the American Jewish Congress in New York on Wednesday that she is "personally skeptical that the Iranians would follow through and deliver" on the November deal.
And in January, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN's Jim Sciutto that the Obama administration has been mischaracterizing the terms of the agreement.
For now, the outcome of these diplomatic efforts and the fate of the fake aircraft carrier remain uncertain.
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Precision engineering in many fields require large models both computationally and physically manufactured. They're trying to one-up the United States' seaborne aircraft carriers!
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They're using it as a mock up to destroy they want to figure out how to bring it down ! Or they're trying to make their own !!
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America for fear of Imam Mahdi is that we will not attack Iran and in the future iranian of Israeli Jews throw into the sea
They need to be closely Putin-ized.
If I Ayatollah you once, Ayatollah you a thousand times, don't mess with the U.S.
when iranian made it and come to your side and said put your hands up , You believe
None of these countries want us or our BULLETS or DRONES killing their people so why are we there ?
You only have to look at the military expenditures: Civilian contractors, billionaire rising budgets, failures and mendings, you name it.
This is a great business to loot taxpayers money, and foreign wealth as well.
Iran hasn't attacked another country in over 100 to 3000 years depending on your source. So why do we need to go to war AGAIN against ANOTHER COUNTRY.
OH RIGHT, now we have WARFIGHTERS not SOLDIERS ! They keep speaking of the WARFIGHTER OF TODAY.
I would SO love to see Iran attempt to attack one of our carriers. It would be laughable at best. Let's see how effective their anti-ship missiles are against four Phalanx CIWS cannons and three Sea Sparrow anti-missile-missile batteries (8 missiles each). Every aircraft carrier has incredible defensive capability. Will they factor that in when they attack their little toy mockup ship? Pfffffffftttt....... gimmie a break.
Hmmmm david and goliath..ring a bell?...US invasion of iran 1978 ring a bell?.....
Sometimes one just doesn't know what the sleeper is...a gaint ..or a mouse...!DO you want your kids to find out? I don't !
That made no sense, Sean. Get back in your Beamer and go back to sleep...
John, also remember the carrier battle group, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 sub plus supply ships. Also the airwing including, 42 FA-18 varients with 10 AMRAAMS's missles, 2 sidewinders, 1, 22mm gatlin gun, approx. 504 missles, 25200 rounds of 22mm ammo, and approx. 168, MK-84 bombs. Those Iraninas have about as much a chance reaching a carrier as they have getting their virgins in heaven
Why, during hard times,take up port space, just to make a mock ship? B.S. This is some type of cloning device to hide a soviet sub delivering goods beneath, or it's going to be filled with many small powerboats who can launch from it and attempt an attack..
It is a filming set for a war movie, silly mericans.
No it's not, silly Joe. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-brushes-off-iran-threat-to-aircraft-carriers/
Gee, A toy carrier. A toy drone. Toy Religions. Toy Nations. Toy People. It has been going on for 4 thousand years. People still think it matters. I am from the USA. I wish we would close our borders and let the world tear itself up again like it did last century. This time, we just watch. 10 more years of drilling and we will not need foreign crude. We close off our markets to outsiders with a 35% tarrif and watch the debt shrink to nothing.
"Toy religion"? You think yours is serious one? At least is better than the talmoud and its cancerous tribe. This "toy nation" which americ can't defeat.
Ahh, as I suspected, you're a delusional Iranian. The US isn't out to "defeat" Iran, it's attempting to take a loaded gun out of the hand of a baby (Iran) with sanctions. That's all. The Iranian people don't agree with their figure-head asshat leaders, they want to live a "western" life, but GODFORBID a few Iranian teenagers make a lip-sync video to a song called "Happy" - they're arrested by their own LUDICROUSLY retarded government.
Oh trust me, it's still better and much free than your n***, kayak, and sp**s overrun mess of a "country"...Justone.
You're a delusional moron. Go back to sleep!
Recently Iran released "photographs from a drone of a US aircraft carrier". I wonder if it happens to look like this one.
Personally , I don't give a Rats ass about Iran , if the entire country and all its people disapeared tomorrow it would make no difference to me whatsoever.
Personally , I don't give a Rats ass about USA , if the entire country and all its people disapeared tomorrow it would make no difference to me whatsoever too.
Sooner or later the US will flow. The US was nothing, it has came an empire. Iran was an empire, lose its power but will back to an empire sooner or later. Great Job Iran, you are just the best !
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Get you facts straight before you spew your lies! TARD!
I think their intention is to destroy it, thinking it might make some sort of impression. It won't work.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015. ha
Deceiving Iranians can never been trusted.
John Smith is a TARD!
Name 15 of them, I bet you cant because you're a lying tard!
There is a saying, "if you owe a thousand dollars to a bank, YOU should worry, but if you owe one million to the bank, THEY should worry." 22 trillion? Ain't going to happen. What does Iran have? Oil? Is that all? A nation yearning to be modern, ruled by religious fanatics. You are still screwed, you still have secret police, you have no freedom of the press and the government controls your every day lives.
Free press is worth nothing if it can't generate rational actions. Controlling daily lives may be different in Iran than elsewhere but it is absolutely everywhere through surveillance, blacklisting etc.
To answer what the aircraft carrier is for: Because they can, and now that they can build drones they may let them start from the mock aircraft carrier. There are many hobby groups building aircraft, trains, doll houses etc, and why Iran shouldn't have one that builds an aircraft carrier is not obvious to me.
Iran has been making and sinking replicas of US destroyers, frigates and warships for long years, and has sunk the replica of us vessels in 50 seconds through a series of operational measures,
Ummm, WHAT?? 50 seconds? Through "a series of operational measures"?? What are you talking about? For one thing, it's absolutely absurd to spend that much time building a replica of something just so you can sink it. For starters, this replica has NONE of the internal components of a real US aircraft carrier, it has NONE of the armor or even the same structural materials which makes this an extremely poor representation of a ship, even for practice. But hey, Iran has shown their prowess at developing fiberglass "stealth" planes with no electronics, engines or weapons in them... so just add a fake carrier to the list.
they build it take it out to sea and film it as they sink and show it to their people as how powerful they are..
Yeah, I'd like for them to try that on a real ship, with real planes, real armor, real radar, real missiles and real people. I am sure your butts would be handed over on a plate to one of your ayathollas.
They had a plug marked "pull to sink" in the middle of the mock up. Just in case.
Could they use that carrier to program an image for missiles to use to even attack specific areas of ship.?
This replica is for the new movie Ali Taleb Zadeh. In case of accident death toll in 1980 by Vincent Amrkayy carrier. 250 women, children, innocent man who ruthlessly killed many. Iran is dangerous to America or America to Iran. Nkshtn Iranians had even an American. Usa 10000 – 0iran
Has now no Americans have been killed by Iran. The play dirty lobbying power. Mrykayst politicians who have forgotten their God
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They are going to make a movie! And their navy is going to burn the Nimitz! I'll bet you my camel.
IRAN has neutered the "USA" long time ago.
America never wanted to have nuclear power to anyone in this world he himself wanted to have only this power since long time. Nut today Iran is trying to have all those equipments that other countries have.
IRAN will sink all USA's aircraft carriers and all them half breeds and monkeys on board, in less than one hour.
If you're gonna be a troll at least be a good one. Sheesh.
really? what kind of drugs are you on?
Pal, you should get a brain transplant; the one you have is dead!
In 50 years, I'd say you'd be right.
You monkeys cannot even make a light bulb. Dummies.
The ship may be made of cardboard, but that is the sort of ship the Iran navy has --cardboard. Just like Kim Jung Un and his cardboard missiles...
Iran's leadership will never give up their dream of nuclear bombs. These men will hide inside bomb bunkers while their own people die.
Gee lightforpeace, did you ever finish grade school? Judging by that stupid anti-Iranian comment above, that appears quite questionable.
and where do you expect the president of US to go in the event of nuclear war? to your house to tell you everything will be O'lright?
O'lright?
You are stupid, aren't you?
Actually, I'd expect him to tell me "If you like your fallout shelter, you can keep your fallout shelter!" just before he absconds with it....
Iran's leadership will never give up their nuclear bomb ambitions as long as they can lie and bluff their way to realizing this dream of power. Sad their dream will become their nightmare and their leaders will hide in bomb bunkers after the fact while their people die.
Everyone calm the heck down, they confirmed its just being built for a movie about the shooting down of an Iranian air liner in 1988.
Makes sense to do this. The only US ship Iran could sink would be one built of cardboard. MY big problem with this is that North Korea will now build an entire US Naval taskforce made of cardboard –so he can sink it
God Bless IRAN.
Mythical characters don't bless anything or anyone.
Seriously ?!?!?!?! WHO CARES