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September 3, 2015 Special Dispatch No. 6149

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Publishes Clip Of Reconnaissance Of U.S. Aircraft Carrier In Strait Of Hormuz

September 3, 2015
Iran | Special Dispatch No. 6149

On August 29, 2015, the Iranian news agency Tasnim, which is affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), published a video clip of film and still photos taken by an IRGC naval plane during a reconnaissance mission to identify an American aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz.

The 46-second clip, complete with dramatic soundtrack, is filmed from two angles - from high above the aircraft carrier, and from alongside it. It clearly shows the American crew looking straight at the camera as it passes by. The report also states that the aircraft that carried out the mission was a Harbin Y-12.

Below is the clip released by the IRGC and, following that, Tasnim's report on the mission and on how the filming was done, with photos.

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"For some time, the IRGC has had modern drone technology, and it is carrying out missions to identify foreign vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

"The most well-known example of this is an IRGC drone's reconnaissance mission to identify an American aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz; images from this were broadcast live to an IRGC commanders' conference in Mashhad province.

"IRGC drones have carried out such missions many times; although the drone remains for a long time above the [American crew's] heads, they didn't notice it. In some cases, [the American crew] did notice the IRGC drone awhile after the filming and tried to drive it off by sending a helicopter or fighter jet after it.

"The latest IRGC operation is a mission to identify an American aircraft carrier passing through the region, carried out by a navy reconnaissance plane called the Harbin Y-12."

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