Iran to build aircraft carrier!

TLAM Strike · 09-29-11, 06:02 PM

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201620.html

YEA RIGHT!!!

1st thing I thought was: Is Ivan selling the Kuznetsov?!?

2nd thing was: They got a buyer for HMS Invincible?

So THAT is what this photo was of:

CCIP · 09-29-11, 06:15 PM

Does their Jamaran even qualify as a destroyer by today's standards?

MH · 09-29-11, 06:22 PM

Good idea and hope it costs lot more than they can spend.
They already have the new f-18s

...and tomcats.

TLAM Strike · 09-29-11, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Does their Jamaran even qualify as a destroyer by today's standards?

it didn't qualify as a Destroyer by the standards of the 1970s when it was designed.

magicstix · 09-29-11, 06:46 PM

A carrier? They need to build a DDG first IMO...

Torplexed · 09-29-11, 08:00 PM

Let them sink all manner of expensive resources into it. If they succeed...

The new Iranian carrier Ayatollah Khomeini two minutes after it's commissioning.

TLAM Strike · 09-29-11, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by magicstix

A carrier? They need to build a DD first IMO...

*Fixed that for you.

magicstix · 09-29-11, 08:15 PM

I think we should name an SSN USS Praying Mantis and permanently station it in the Arabian Gulf just to screw with the Iranians.

Betonov · 09-29-11, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by magicstix

I think we should name an SSN USS Praying Mantis and permanently station it in the Arabian Gulf just to screw with the Iranians.

Just make them think you have one and watch their economies collapse trying to find it

Onkel Neal · 09-30-11, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Let them sink all manner of expensive resources into it. If they succeed...

The new Iranian carrier Ayatollah Khomeini two minutes after it's commissioning.

soopaman2 · 09-30-11, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Let them sink all manner of expensive resources into it. If they succeed...

The new Iranian carrier Ayatollah Khomeini two minutes after it's commissioning.

Hey now, there are alot of realism freaks around here!

Try this on for size

Jimbuna · 09-30-11, 06:14 AM

Reading that article had me thinking "That Deputy Navy Commander must be on drugs"

I reckon the best they can aim for is purchasing something another country is done with.

Osmium Steele · 09-30-11, 08:02 AM

I suppose something along the lines of the early Bogue class converted merchantmen wouldn't be out of their depth. A modern tanker, should have the length to launch and land jets.

Making it anything other than a laughingstock, by modern standards of carrier design, is another matter entirely.

Hrm, is Iran looking at buying any of the harriers soon to hit the market?
Almost any converted merchantman could handle those.

Just tossing some ideas out there.

Oberon · 09-30-11, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Reading that article had me thinking "That Deputy Navy Commander must be on drugs"

I reckon the best they can aim for is purchasing something another country is done with.

Well, it's strange because I recall a saying that we wouldn't be able to afford to run both QE carriers when they're made...what's the betting some nugget in the MoD will put the two together...

kraznyi_oktjabr · 09-30-11, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Well, it's strange because I recall a saying that we wouldn't be able to afford to run both QE carriers when they're made...what's the betting some nugget in the MoD will put the two together...

HMS Queen Elisabeth & IS Prince of Wales?

09-29-11, 06:02 PM	#1
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Iran to build aircraft carrier! http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201620.html YEA RIGHT!!! 1st thing I thought was: Is Ivan selling the Kuznetsov?!? 2nd thing was: They got a buyer for HMS Invincible? So THAT is what this photo was of: __________________

09-29-11, 06:15 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Does their Jamaran even qualify as a destroyer by today's standards? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Good idea and hope it costs lot more than they can spend. They already have the new f-18s...and tomcats.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Reading that article had me thinking "That Deputy Navy Commander must be on drugs" I reckon the best they can aim for is purchasing something another country is done with. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I suppose something along the lines of the early Bogue class converted merchantmen wouldn't be out of their depth. A modern tanker, should have the length to launch and land jets. Making it anything other than a laughingstock, by modern standards of carrier design, is another matter entirely. Hrm, is Iran looking at buying any of the harriers soon to hit the market? Almost any converted merchantman could handle those. Just tossing some ideas out there. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

09-29-11, 06:46 PM	#5
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A carrier? They need to build a DDG first IMO...

09-29-11, 08:00 PM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Let them sink all manner of expensive resources into it. If they succeed... The new Iranian carrier Ayatollah Khomeini two minutes after it's commissioning.

09-29-11, 08:15 PM	#8
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I think we should name an SSN USS Praying Mantis and permanently station it in the Arabian Gulf just to screw with the Iranians.