{"id":86630,"date":"2019-04-28T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86630"},"modified":"2019-04-28T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T16:02:46","slug":"iran-guards-claim-drone-overflight-of-u-s-carrier-in-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86630","title":{"rendered":"Iran Guards Claim Drone Overflight of U.S. Carrier in Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/USS-Dwight-D.-Eisenhower-640x480-e1556466233908.jpg\" alt=\"cvn 69 ike\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Simon Kent<br \/>\nA camera-equipped Iran Revolutionary Guards\u2019 spy drone flew over an American aircraft carrier transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim news agency claimed in a Sunday report on its site.<\/p>\n<p>The unverified report included footage apparently taken from a Guard drone that flew over the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and another U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf. The images show fighter planes parked on the carrier deck.<\/p>\n<p>A video published by the agency shows a light blue coloured drone with the name \u201cAbabil III\u201d written on the wings in Farsi and Latin script.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"510\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-56tyLiekrQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the Koran, Ababil refers to a type of magical birds that protected Islam\u2019s holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia against an invader king\u2019s elephant army by dropping stones on them.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Chloe J. Morgan, a U.S. Naval Forces Central Command spokesperson, said in an email that the Eisenhower has not been in the Persian Gulf since 2016. She said the U.S. and its allies are committed to freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even if the video is two years old, it&#8217;s a bit disconcerting for an Iranian UAV to get that close in to our warships unchallenged. A quick burst of 20mm from a CIWS should handle the issue nicely.<\/p>\n<p>The entire article may be read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2019\/04\/28\/watch-iran-guards-claim-drone-overflight-of-u-s-carrier-in-gulf\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Kent A camera-equipped Iran Revolutionary Guards\u2019 spy drone flew over an American aircraft carrier transiting &hellip; <a title=\"Iran Guards Claim Drone Overflight of U.S. Carrier in Gulf\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86630\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran Guards Claim Drone Overflight of U.S. Carrier in Gulf<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,308,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-skies","category-iran","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}