{"id":214047,"date":"2020-09-25T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214047"},"modified":"2020-09-29T07:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T07:47:26","slug":"irgc-drones-capture-strikingly-close-footage-of-us-strike-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214047","title":{"rendered":"IRGC drones capture strikingly close footage of US strike group"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Sept 24, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VgU4Ukeuj74\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) releases intricate and strikingly close footage captured by the elite defense force\u2019s indigenously-manufactured drones of an American strike group right before its passage into the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The video that was published by Fars News Agency on Thursday showed the American USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, along with its accompanying military vessels and helicopter gunships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The drones are seen zooming in on the flotilla to the point where each captured object\u2019s details become clearly visible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The footage begins by showing a sprawling arrangement of the Corps\u2019 drone fleet and its speedboats, and is accompanied by a speech by the force\u2019s Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami, who addresses the country\u2019s enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cWe say this to our enemies too as they are close to us, hear our voice, and see pictures depicting the growth of this manifestation of power,\u201d General Salami is heard stating. \u201cTake a salutary lesson. Should you perpetrate a blunder, we would crush you,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The commander notes, \u201cOur naval force has stopped operating [too] close to the sea. By degrees, it will turn into a naval force outfitted with an [accompanying] air force, a seaborne air force. Here we stand strongly and steadfastly. We build up our power. We never stop. We advance on the horizon. We increase the combat radius of our weapons,\u201d the official remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Also on Thursday, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri attended a televised interview, detailing the circumstances surrounding the capture of the footage, and ticking off a list of new additions that the Corps plans to equip its Navy with in the not-too-distant future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Navy, the official said, is tasked with ensuring the security of the entire extent of the Persian Gulf, from the Strait of Hormuz to the waters\u2019 far end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The region is ours,&#8221; he said, adding, \u201cWe have the entire Persian Gulf within the [sphere of] our surveillance and reconnaissance umbrella.\u201d The IRGC Navy and its Aerospace Division fly drones over the body of water day and night, Tangsiri said, and noted, \u201cWe constantly monitor the region and have it completely under our control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Tangsiri said the Corps had a considerable number of drones added to its fleet on Wednesday, including combat drones and vertical takeoff ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_214048\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2020\/09\/23\/634819\/-Iran-IRGC-Navy-drones-helicopters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214048\" class=\"wp-image-214048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/188-new-Iranian-combat-drones-join-the-IRGC-drone-fleet-768x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/188-new-Iranian-combat-drones-join-the-IRGC-drone-fleet-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/188-new-Iranian-combat-drones-join-the-IRGC-drone-fleet-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/188-new-Iranian-combat-drones-join-the-IRGC-drone-fleet.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-214048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 100 new Iranian made combat drones were handed over to the IRGC on Wednesday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The drones can fly as far as 1,500 kilometers (932 miles), and are equipped with precision bombs\u00a0and laser trackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While the drones are tasked with the Corps\u2019 aerial surveillance missions, the force\u2019s vessels conduct its surface surveillance operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Commenting on the contents of the footage, he said, \u201cThe Americans were not present in the Persian Gulf for around 10 months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The carrier entered the waters on Friday and was followed by three US Navy vessels, he noted. The carrier had activated its entire radar apparatus and had flown three gunships over the region, keeping one on the flight deck so it can scramble it if need be, the Navy chief said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The US\u2019s presence in the region, the commander said, \u201cmeans that they are within our reach and that we enjoy command over them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The commander also announced that the IRGC Navy was to be equipped with indigenous helicopter and drone-carrying vessels, missile cruisers that can sail at a 94-nautical-mile speed, and oceangoing vessels in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRGC commander warns the U.S. that the footage underlines how Iran is quite capable of striking its naval forces in the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":214051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214050,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214047\/revisions\/214050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/214051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}