Big Halali in the North Atlantic!

[Skybird]

Could not help myself but grinned wide from ear to ear when reading it.

https://thedefensepost.com/2019/01/0...-ocean-sahand/


(The original link that i had posted, rotates its latest stories in and out, and so I replaced the link with another one on the same story. Quote below is from the first link, however).

“By their continuous presence in international waters, Iranian naval forces aim to implement the orders of commander-in-chief of the armed forces (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), wave the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, thwart the Iranophobia plots, and secure shipping routes,” Hassani said.

Made my day!

[Jimbuna]

Yeah, right.

[Skybird]

They call that thing a destroyer!?

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/431...o-the-Atlantic

Corvette. Small frigate at best.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irania...e_Sahand_(2012)

Pirates of the North Atlantic, beware - The Persians are coming! Pirates of the Venez... err, Caribean - relief! The Persians are coming!

I hope they know what the Atlantic is like at this time of the year. There is a reason why it is the Indian ocean getting called "Stiller Ozean", and not the Atlantic.

[Aktungbby]

WELL NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SINK! WE SANK THE FIRST 'SAHAND' IN 1988 <ENLARGES

Located by two American A-6E Intruders of Attack Squadron VA-95 steaming roughly 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of Larak Island, she was hit by two Harpoon missiles and four AGM-123 Skipper II laser-guided missiles. A pair of Rockeye cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the destroyerUSS Joseph Strauss finished off the ship. Left heavily aflame, dead in the water and listing to port, Sahand burned for several hours before fire reached her ammunition magazines and they detonated, sinking the ship in over 660 feet (200 metres) of water southwest of Larak Island, 45 of her crew were killed
Iran has commisioned a Moudge-class frigate named Sahand in memory of the original Sahand.

[em2nought]

That's a purty ship, it'd be a shame if it mysteriously vanished.

[Kapitan]

Iran is good in defense only the navy will not fare to well in international waters alone, im skeptical of their supply network and also their capability for extended operations beyond territorial waters, from my last reading it doesn't look like Iran has much in the way of Oiler's and stores ships from my recollection it has one modified Ol class oiler from the 1970's which was purchased from the UK.

However the Iranians have conducted extended operations in the gulf of Aden working with the international community against Somali pirates and they do have small dry stores ships and a capable vessel for fuel that is ocean going, given the size and cost of the operation any patrol in the Atlantic i would say would be a small affair and limited in its operational scope.

A Moje class frigate in January 2018 sank in the Caspian sea due to running aground in poor weather perhaps they are some what limited in their capabilities in ocean going deployments.