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New moderate Iran is building fake U.S. aircraft carrier for propaganda purposes

Mar 21, 2014 5:11 pm By Robert Spencer

USAircraftCarrier“War is deceit,” said Muhammad, and the Iranians are working here within a long tradition of deceptive Islamic supremacist propaganda, which the “Palestinians” have raised to an art form. But this does yet again give the lie to the idea that the Iranians are all moderates now, and we have entered a new era of peace.

“Iran constructs mock aircraft carrier ‘for black propaganda,'” by Yitzhak Benhorin for Ynet News, March 21:

WASHINGTON – Iran is constructing a simulated American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and according to US intelligence sources, Iran’s aim is to blow it up and later claim it has sunk an American aircraft carrier.

According to American sources, the sinking of the ship is designed for propaganda purposes, in case the nuclear program negotiations fail and the military tensions between Washington and Tehran intensify.

The New York Times reported Friday that American satellite images initially revealed the vessel in the Persian Gulf last summer, and its contours resemble the US Nimitz-class carrier. Mock planes were spotted on deck, which is about two-thirds the length of a typical Nimitz, and has no nuclear propulsion system.

US intelligence sources claimed, however, that Iran is not capable of building an aircraft carrier. “Based on our observations, this is not a functioning aircraft carrier; it’s a large barge built to look like an aircraft carrier,” said Jason Salata, a spokesman for the Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, across the Persian Gulf from Iran.

The Americans are unsure of the purpose behind the building of the nonworking aircraft carrier, but speculate Iran could orchestrate its sinking. Thus, they decided to stay ahead and expose the vessel and prevent black propaganda.

According to US Navy officials, Iran has previously used barges as targets for missile firings during training exercises, filmed the events and then broadcasted them on the state-run news media.

NYT further reported that the Americans are not surprised by Iran’s use of various tactics, including military deception, to demonstrate its determination to remain dominant in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians have made no effort to conceal the construction of the mock aircraft carrier. Their shipyard is fully exposed to American and other satellites.

It seems American analysts are not concerned about the decoy ship, but of the fact the Iranian are building it openly for concealed purposes. It is unclear when this nonworking vessel, whose construction is almost complete, will make the short way from the shipyard, several hundred meters, to the Persian Gulf waters.

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  1. Joginder Singh says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    Maybe as a sign of mutual appreciation the USA should build a fake Tehran…..Then the US Airforce could use for bombing practice when its time to bomb the real Tehran

    • JC Vaughan says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 5:04 pm

      To really emulate Tehran and its (devil-worshiping) government, we would need to rape and murder innocent virgin girls – all declared 100% legal and “the will of God” by pig-priests (of Satan, in actuality). And we would need to do the same to boys and young men. And we would need to stone women to death. And we would need to publicly hang teenagers and young people on faked-up charges, like enmity with God (for which, read “enmity with our own devil-worshiping forces”). Of course, to do this, we would have to make it national policy – and law! – to say “Jesus, Jesus” will working overtime for the triumph of Satanic evil. Can you perhaps begin to guess and understand that the people of Iran hate and despise their own government, and why this is so?

    • umbra says

      Mar 23, 2014 at 9:54 am

      Those who cannot do, copy. Those who cannot even copy, fake it.

  2. mortimer says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Western countries need to seek ways to promote regime change.

    • Salah says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 1:29 am

      They had a golden opportunity to do so in 2009, they didn’t lift a finger.
      Western countries, or should I say Western leaders, are in bed with their enemies!

  3. enwhitenment says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 11:40 pm

    opium is cheap & the hashish is getting a lot stronger.
    The most psychotic are elevated to the highest status & psychosis reigns supreme.
    I thought they would have just built the “starship enterprise” to really scare us.

  4. ConanKong says

    Mar 22, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Those are the same idiots that would shoot whales and say they sank a large naval target.

  5. Change Iran Now says

    Mar 22, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    The most likely scenario, U.S. officials say, is that Iran’s Navy plans to eventually tow its new toy out to sea where they’ll blown up—video footage of which would then surely end up on state-run television. Iran has pulled similar stunts before, according to the U.S., although it doesn’t appear to have gone to such detailed lengths before.

    • john spielman says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      why don’t they just use a miniture model for their video farce.?

  6. Change Iran Now says

    Mar 22, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    The most likely scenario, U.S. officials say, is that Iran’s Navy plans to eventually tow its new toy out to sea where they’ll blown up—video footage of which would then surely end up on state-run television. Iran has pulled similar stunts before, according to the U.S., although it doesn’t appear to have gone to such detailed lengths before

  7. Bonkers says

    Mar 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    If they spent as much time, money and effort looking after their citizens they wouldn’t need stupid gestures like this.
    Stupid Islamic twats.

  8. William Doohan says

    Mar 23, 2014 at 1:36 am

    I think it likely that they WILL tow it out to sea, make a video of their ‘navy’ sinking it, and try to claim that they DID sink a US Aircraft carrier. Many in the Muslim world will actually believe it, and denials on the US’s part will, in their conspiratorial minds, be considered lies. It will be another great victory for Islam!

    (Perhaps the Chinese will lend them one of their DF-21 ‘carrier-killer’ missiles to test out. {I don’t know the state of relations between China and Iran though})

  9. Petey says

    Mar 24, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    Well here’s an idea that may make sense; If you think about it, The Iranian Government has complained in the past over the following movies; Not without my daughter, The 300, Pearl Harbor and Argo (just off the top of my head, I’m sure there are others). This tells me these guys are very sensitive to movies as a propaganda tool. Therefore, perhaps this is a movie prop they are building? Maybe a direct copy of a Top Gun or Pearl Harbour ripoff. Complete with a real Iranian cheap imitation Tom Cruise, Ben Afleck or Josh Hartman. Otherwise I’m lost as to the logic behind this, If they have the capability to build a ship that large, then why don’t they just build a ship that could be useful to their navy? Seems like an utter waste either way to me

  10. gravenimage says

    Mar 25, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    New moderate Iran is building fake U.S. aircraft carrier for propaganda purposes
    …………………………..

    I’m sure this is completely innocent, just like their nuclear program…sarc/off

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