An American fighter jet taking off from an aircraft carrier to intercept an Iranian drone over the waters of the Gulf!
On December 3, Sky News reported that the U.S. Command issued a statement on Saturday announcing that a fighter jet from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower intercepted an Iranian drone over Gulf waters. This is the second time in just one week that a US aircraft carrier has clashed with an Iranian drone.
The U.S. Command said in a statement that Iranian drones flew in an "unsafe and unprofessional" manner while the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was on a mission in the Gulf, and said the U.S. Navy would continue to conduct air and sea operations "in accordance with international law."
U.S. Command** is a theater joint operations command under the U.S. Department of Defense, created in 1983, with operations spanning the globe between Europe, Africa and the Pacific"center"region, including Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and other 20 countries. Since the outbreak of the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been ordered to rush to the Middle East to stand for Israel.
On 26 November, the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group entered the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. The carrier battle group also includes the destroyers USS Mason and USS Graveley, the cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Wing. Along with the American ** ship, there is also a French frigate "Languedoc".
On November 28, the day after the USS Eisenhower entered the Persian Gulf, Iran sent drones to tease the US aircraft carrier at close range.
An Iranian drone "took unsafe and unprofessional actions" near the USS D. Eisenhower while on a mission in the Persian Gulf, and was closest to the carrier about 1,500 yards, the U.S. Navy command said, not only repeatedly ignoring warnings from U.S. aircraft carriers, but also sending warning messages to U.S. aircraft carriers. Fox News, citing an unnamed U.S.**, reported that Iranian drones ignored multiple warnings and flew over the U.S. aircraft carrier, which was then located in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
After the incident, the Iranian side announced that the drone and the US aircraft carrier called the first **, Iran's elite military unit, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, General Ali Reza Tangisili, also disclosed that due to the presence of Iranian drones, the US "Eisenhower" aircraft carrier strike group was forced to change course when passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
On November 28, Alireza Tangisiri also urged the United States to "act sensibly" in the Persian Gulf because they know they are within range of Iranian missiles, saying: "When the United States is in the Persian Gulf, they themselves know that they are in a 'pocket,' and the edge of the pocket (the Strait of Hormuz) is in our hands, and they are completely within the range of our missiles." ”
It is worth noting that Iran recently launched a new hypersonic missile Fattah-2, which is similar in performance to the Russian "Caliber" and "Dagger" missiles, and it only takes less than 10 minutes to fly from Iran to Israel, let alone strike the United States at home.