Saw this in Djibouti this year.

[ABBAFAN]

Saw this Iranian Sub in Djibouti as we sailed.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/584/11051n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/11051n.jpg/)

[Anthony W.]

Lolboot

[ABBAFAN]

What's Lolboot?

[Platapus]

What's Lolboot?

It is like Lolcats only with footwear.

You have heard of Soul Music? Lolboot is kinda like Sole Humour. :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

Iranian indeed, she is the IRINS Yunes SS 903.

That photo confirms she was in bad shape at the start of her Red Sea deployment.

Take a look at her after she returned home earlier this month, note the lack to anechoic tiles.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4619/139005012216754.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6089/139005012916754.jpg
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5066/n10087321720817.jpg

ABBAFAN, hope you don't mind if I send your photo to a few people?

[gimpy117]

see! we must fear Iran! the're military is clearly superior to ours.

phhhhth!

they can't even clean algae off their subs!

[Anthony W.]

see! we must fear Iran! the're military is clearly superior to ours.

phhhhth!

they can't even clean algae off their subs!

They do a better job losing anechoic tiles than they do enemy ships trying to track them.

[Jimbuna]

Look at that poor bugga greasing the pole :DL

[ABBAFAN]

Please make use of the picture. I have film too if that's any use.

[papa_smurf]

Looking at all those lost tiles, she wont that difficult to track, just follow the trail of tiles.

[Growler]

After looking over the pics, I'm not sure those are loose/lost tiles. They're symmetrical on both sides of the boat.

I'm speaking of the three black rectangles that look "disorderly" on the boat's bow, forward of the planes. The pierside pic shows them on the starboard side, and the waterside shot shows them on the port side - they're angled and arragned the same way on both sides.

Flood vents, perhaps?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Please make use of the picture. I have film too if that's any use.

You've made porn for TLAM? :hmmm:

:D

[TLAM Strike]

You've made porn for TLAM? :hmmm:

:D

:har:

After looking over the pics, I'm not sure those are loose/lost tiles. They're symmetrical on both sides of the boat.

I'm speaking of the three black rectangles that look "disorderly" on the boat's bow, forward of the planes. The pierside pic shows them on the starboard side, and the waterside shot shows them on the port side - they're angled and arragned the same way on both sides.

Flood vents, perhaps? Yes they purposely removed the tiles on both sides. And they cut new flood vents in to the hull in that funny cockeyed way.

Please make use of the picture. I have film too if that's any use.
Yea, could you post the film?

[Growler]

Yes they purposely removed the tiles on both sides. And they cut new flood vents in to the hull in that funny cockeyed way.




Lookit you, whoring the post count. 2 away from 10K. Well-done - here's a +1 opportunity, too.:D

[Anthony W.]

Note that there is a LARGE section of tiles removed...

That isn't hydrodynamic or stealthy.

And edge that can cause a disruption in water flow could kill a submarine.

[ABBAFAN]

The video is too big for imageshack can I email them to you?

[TLAM Strike]

The video is too big for imageshack can I email them to you?
sure send it to billds9 [at] yahoo.com

or you could upload it to youtube. Which is what I would most likely end up doing anyways.

[ABBAFAN]

That's what I'll do thanks...

[ABBAFAN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8yErZ4b-4

Not much but there we are.

[TLAM Strike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8yErZ4b-4

Not much but there we are.
Thanks much. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8yErZ4b-4

Not much but there we are.

Was enough to get the picture :up: