Iranian Submarine

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by fatty

So it makes sense for them to go all the way with SSKs. Whether they are radar invisible or whatever is obviously a huge stretch; that pointless boasting and sabre-rattling is just what Iran does. These are the rough beginnigs of a proprietary SSK program, and that is to be expected, but they'd be idiots not to invest heavily in diesel subs. Give them a couple of years and they will probably have made some interesting advancements.

So true. This is also the major reason why the USN is so heavily reinvesting in ASW capabilities again. Specifically, to defeat the SSK in littoral environments. And the other emphasis is mine-warfare autonomous vehicles for the Burke class destroyers.