Iran commisions 4 new subs

[TLAM Strike]

Yes two fish or four mines. Then again they can't go much farther than a few hundred miles or so.

Consider them the equivalent of the old German Type XXIII U Boat.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Yes two fish or four mines. Then again they can't go much farther than a few hundred miles or so.

Consider them the equivalent of the old German Type XXIII U Boat.

if so They Are more like sharks....

[TLAM Strike]

Iran is a decade or more from a nuke that can fit in a torpedo. Right now they and North Korea are at the "Fat man" and "Little Boy" stage.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Iran is a decade or more from a nuke that can fit in a torpedo. Right now they and North Korea are at the "Fat man" and "Little Boy" stage.

[Oberon]

I dunno...stick the bomb on the sub itself.... If there's enough room

[Platapus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghadir_%28submarine%29

Should do well in the littoral zone.

[krashkart]

Ahmadinejad has his doubts:



Source photo: http://www.irandefence.net/showpost....28&postcount=1

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Should do well in the littoral zone.

My thoughts exactly. I would even say the small size is ideal for their needs. The Gulf is relatively shallow, and limited in size, so is the Hormuz Strait. And the small size also makes the boat less detectable to active sonar. Have you realised the small diameter, seen from front?

In a recent discussion, somebody wanted to convince me that small speedy boats cannot penetrate the defence belt of a US flotilla even when these are "flooding" the target area (and some days later I launched a thread that included the Millennium Challenge 2002 exercise disaster, where 15 Us ships and carriers were sunk by doing exactly this). By comments I must conclude, that these midget subs are getting underestimated as well by some guys. If it is not big, I mean: really big XXL style, than it cannot be good, or what?!

As the Kaleu in "Das Boot" commented on the young bigmouths in the bar getting drunk and yelling martial slogans: "Die werden auch noch ruhiger."

The Ghadirs probably are aiming more against tankers and merchants, and the local rivalling small navies of the Gulf states, than against American war vessels. What Iran wants to do is closing the Strait and denying much of the Gulf to international traffic. And I think they can easily do that without the US navy being able to do much about it: shutting down the Strait completely, and making everything that swims on their side of the Gulf a target.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I dunno...stick the bomb on the sub itself.... If there's enough room

If they striped out the torpedo tubes, head, some of the computers- basically the whole forward compartment, they might.

This boat is so small you can not stand up inside, amazingly they cram around 6 guys in it.

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

If they striped out the torpedo tubes, head, some of the computers- basically the whole forward compartment, they might.

This boat is so small you can not stand up inside, amazingly they cram around 6 guys in it.

its a good thing they dont know any suicide bombers who would want to do that