Iranian Plane Buzzes Carrier

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Yeah, well, when you park a carrier off the coast of Iran,

you can expect Iran will want to take a look and who can blame them.

Last time the US had a bunch of warship parked off of the coast of Iran

the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger jet.

[ h /t : WRH ]

An Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzed the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Middle East last week,

passing within 1,000 yards of the ship,

but American defense officials sought to downplay the encounter as relatively common.

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