Iran has deployed in the Strait of Hormuz fake carrier, Western media reported, citing satellite photos. It is associated with worsening of relations between Tehran and Washington.
according to Sky News, the picture shows made by American company Maxar Technologies involved in space technology, it is clear that the Iranian speedboat heading to the aircraft carrier after the tug brought it Strait from the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
a copy of the aircraft carrier, which was photographed by satellite on Sunday, reminiscent of aircraft carriers of the Nimitz class that the U.S. Navy regularly sent to the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
State media and Iranian officials have not reported the delivery of a copy of an aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil.
a spokesman for the 5th fleet based in Bahrain Navy of the United States, which patrols waterways in the middle East, commander Rebecca Ribaric said that the fleet remains “confident in the ability of our naval forces to defend yourself against any Maritime threat.”
“We can’t talk about what Iran hopes to achieve by creating this layout, or any tactical value they hope to obtain, using such a layout of training scenarios or exercises,” added a spokeswoman for the 5th fleet.
the aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz, has just entered middle Eastern waters of the Indian ocean, is likely to replace the USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Arabian sea.
According to satellite photos Maxar Technologies, replica carrier has on its deck layouts 16 fighters. Estimate the length of the layout of the ship is about 200 meters and about 50 meters wide.
a True American aircraft carrier “Nimitz” has a length of over 300 meters and width of 75 meters.
the Layout closely resembles that used in February 2015 during a military exercise called “Great Prophet 9”. During those maneuvers the Iran attacked the fake aircraft carrier high-speed boats, firing machine guns and rocket launchers. Later, a false carrier was destroyed by the blows of rockets of a class “earth-sea”.
Recall that in may 2018 President Donald trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the international community. Increased tension in relations between Iran and the United States reached its climax during a U.S. drone strike on 3 January near Baghdad international airport, which was killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the expeditionary force “Quds” Islamic revolutionary guard Corps.
In response, Iran attacked a ballistic missile, in which dozens of American soldiers were injured in neighboring Iraq.
Given the time when Iran moved the cue into the sea and satellite photos show that it pulled out of port Saturday, targeting it may be a direct response of Tehran to the incident last week, when a U.S. F-15 fighter dangerously close to civil aircraft of the Iranian company Mahan Air over Syria, resulting in some passengers of an Iranian airliner were injured.
