Iran Fires Missile at Mock Aircraft Carrier Amid US Tensions

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's refurbished mock-up aircraft carrier (R), used previously as a simulated U.S. target during a February, 2015 Iranian naval war games exercise, is approached by a fast boat at the Strait of Hormuz, southeast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on July 26, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/via Reuters

TEHRAN—Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, state television reported, an exercise aimed at threatening the U.S. amid tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian commandos also fast-roped down from a helicopter onto the replica in the footage from an exercise called “Great Prophet 14.” Other footage showed a helicopter firing a missile at the replica, complete with 16 fake fighter jets on board, while fast boats encircled the vessel, kicking up white wave in their wake.