{"id":211161,"date":"2020-07-29T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T12:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211161"},"modified":"2020-08-01T06:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T06:43:19","slug":"al-dhafra-al-udeid-go-on-temporary-alert-during-iranian-attack-on-mock-nimitz-class-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211161","title":{"rendered":"Al Dhafra, Al-Udeid go on temporary alert during Iranian \u2018attack\u2019 on mock Nimitz-class carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Gambrell \u2013 AFP July 29, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Satellite photo of mock Iranian Nimitz-class carrier used as a target in IRGC drills. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched missiles Tuesday targeting a mock aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a drill that included such a barrage of fire the U.S. military temporarily put two regional bases in the Mideast on alert amid tensions between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The drill \u2014 and the American response to it \u2014 underlined the lingering threat of military conflict between Iran and the U.S. after a series of escalating incidents last year led to an American drone strike killing a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran responded to that strike by firing ballistic missiles that wounded dozens of American forces in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the coronavirus pandemic has engulfed both Iran and the U.S. for months, there has been a growing confrontation as America argues\u00a0to extend a yearslong U.N. weapons embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. A recent incident\u00a0over Syria involving an American jet fighter approaching an Iranian passenger plane<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0also has renewed tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranian commandos fast-roped down from a helicopter onto the replica in the footage aired Tuesday from the exercise called \u201cGreat Prophet 14.\u201d Anti-aircraft guns opened fire on a target drone near the port city of Bandar Abbas.<\/span><\/p>\n

State television footage also showed a variety of missiles being fired from fast boats, trucks, mobile launchers and a helicopter, some targeting the fake carrier. A commander said the Guard, a force answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, planned to fire \u201clong-range ballistic missiles\u201d as well during the drill that will continue Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ballistic missile fire detected from the drill resulted in American troops being put on alert at Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Al-Udeid Air Base, the forward headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command in Qatar, the military said. Troops sought cover during that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident lasted for a matter of minutes and an all clear was declared after the threat … had passed,\u201d said U.S. Army Maj. Beth Riordan, a Central Command spokeswoman.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both bases are hundreds of kilometers (miles) away from where Iran put the replica aircraft carrier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Camouflaged Missiles Fired from Underground during Iran War Games<\/h1>\n

IFP News \u2013 July 29, 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n