OT: the Iranian Shkval

[Wim Libaers]

Originally Posted by LuftWolf

I still don't see those boats with Squals being any more effective than say a jet armed with anti-ship missiles?

Is there something I'm missing?

It sounds like large fast transports are a better application of this technology.

Well, they could be more effective if the torpedo is harder to intercept than the cruise missile. Against AEGIS-equipped ships, that's probably correct. However, this obviously does require that the launching platform can get in range, and that's not going to be easy, even for a very low-flying WIG plane. Also, a WIG probably won't be very manueverable, due the requirement to stay low and keep the wings close to horizontal. So it may have problems retreating after releasing the weapon.

When the Soviets made theirs, they were mostly for transport use, and one type for long-range anti-ship missiles.