Any Theories as to the Reason Iran is Building a Mock Air Craft Carrier?

[WolfeMacleod]

To launch camels from.

[VINMAN]

It's part of the stage set for "Ahmadinejad" The Musical.

[john70t]

Park it off the cali coast in international waters. Riverboat gambling.

[quicksix]

They have a really big 3d printer

[Lusso1]

Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod

To launch camels from.

Iranian version of the Tailhook Scandal.

[304065]

New google experience center

[Sunroof]

filming ARGO II

[Rikao4]

recent close-up taken by one of the worker's..

interesting cable set-up...

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by Sunroof

filming ARGO II

Close:


"The Iranian mock-up of a US aircraft carrier is for the production of a movie about the 1988 downing of an Iranian airliner by the US Navy, according to Iranian media.

the mock-up is being built for a film titled “Airbus,” about the July 3, 1988, downing of civilian passenger plane Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes. The plane, which according to the American crew was mistaken for a F-14 Tomcat fighter, was shot down in Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf and killed all 290 people on board."

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

http://news.yahoo.com/us-puzzled-irans-mock-aircraft-carrier-190737033.html

Movie set? Theme park? War Games? Parade Float?

hmmmm

how did I know that...

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by GWN7

Close:


"The Iranian mock-up of a US aircraft carrier is for the production of a movie about the 1988 downing of an Iranian airliner by the US Navy, according to Iranian media.

the mock-up is being built for a film titled “Airbus,” about the July 3, 1988, downing of civilian passenger plane Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes. The plane, which according to the American crew was mistaken for a F-14 Tomcat fighter, was shot down in Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf and killed all 290 people on board."

just heard a radio interview where the guy said that was very unlikely

[dafischer]

So what was his take?

[GWN7]

Aliens?

[kach22i]

UPDATE 05/06/2014

Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war

Iran is building a simple replica of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in a shipyard in the southern port of Bandar Abbas in order to be used in future military exercises, an Iranian newspaper confirmed last month.

[911_Dude]

If thats true, any attempt to Kamakazi or even get within visual range will be fun target practice for the fleet. Complete folly. But, whats new.

[kiwiokie]

Kind of an expensive prop for a movie or propaganda. CGI would be much cheaper.