Posted on Jan 29, 2016

Iranian drone flies over aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf - CNNPolitics.com

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A Navy helicopter launched from the Truman then determined that the unmanned aerial vehicle wasn't weaponized.

"Because the UAV was unarmed and posed no risk to the carrier's flight operations (since it wasn't flying at the time), we determined that ... the Iranian UAV's actions posed no danger to the ship," Stephens said in his statement. "It was however, abnormal and unprofessional."

Iranian drone flies over aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf - CNNPolitics.com

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Posted 9 y ago

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SMSgt Thor Merich

Posted 9 y ago

There was a time when the Navy wouldn't let anything get within a few miles of a carrier. What happened? Seems to me, the safe thing to do is to shoot it down and apologize later if need be. Have we forgotten about the USS Cole?

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PO3 (Join to see)

Posted 9 y ago

how about "observing" your operation routine on the deck?????? SHOT IT DOWN!

I thought it is a restricted flying zone around aircraft carrier?? am I right?

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LTC (Join to see)

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20mm Phalanx CIWS Shooting Missile: Closeup View

Close-up of ciws shooting down a drone missile, the view is about 15 feet away, BADASS!! approximately 470 rounds blasted off and the missile was turned into...

hopefully it won't happen again and we can use the sea whiz?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmUfiPRrbMw#t=14

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SFC Mark Merino

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Agreed. No harm in torching a drone. Since when did multi-billion dollar aircraft carriers allow anything to fly over them in international waters? Oh yeah, Never mind.

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