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| Iran building state-of-the-art battleship |
| 2009-11-07 |
| Iran's Defense Ministry is constructing the most advanced domestic multiple-purpose battleship, the acting commander of Iran's Navy says. Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Bigham told Fars News Agency on Thursday that the battleship would shore up the country's "deterrence capabilities." The high tonnage of this battleship, the commander said would enable it to carry out missions in far-off waters. According to Bigham, the battleship, which is to be domestically constructed, would be among the world's most sophisticated warships. The commander added that Iran's naval forces were fully prepared to defend the country's territorial waters as well as to cooperate with neighboring countries in establishing regional security. In line with its defensive doctrine, Iran has been equipping its navy with high-tech and high-speed missile boats, frigates, vessels, and submarines. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #25 At the rate the future is becoming history these days, if it is not complete and christened within a few months it won't belong to the ruling mullahs of Iran when it's done. Well played, OldSpook! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-07 22:41 |
| #24 Any single ship, no matter how powerful, well-armed or armored, is vulnerable when alone. If they said they were building a complete battle group, it might be a problem. Otherwise, its name, Target, is very appropriate. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-07 21:44 |
| #23 And before someone gets on me, the Iranians use "SHELL" not "SHOT" like we do. Dunno where they got that. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:50 |
| #22 By the way, where did you get the translation? I got my from my English-Farsi dictionary. "Objective" is the main connotation, but its also used in the military sense of the word as in artillery calls, like "SHELL" then "SPLASH" by the battery followed by "TARGET" response to impact by the FO (then Fire For Effect or else adjuustments). That's the only context I know, and Farsi does have a different words for other meanings of target in my dictionary. I am unsure if it applies to ships or aircraft that are being tracked, so big grain of salt. But yeah, I was having fun with ya here. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:09 |
| #21 Regarding the ship name... I do know a bit of Farsi, learned it on the job a long time ago. Just key words. So yeah, I fess up on that one. :-) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:00 |
| #20 Crazyfool, I hope they are building a Yamato Battleship. This way, we can see just how much faster we can sink it! I have $50 on 20 seconds, we hit the ammo cache. |
| Posted by: Charles 2009-11-07 19:15 |
| #19 I see what you did there Oldspook. Some vigorous yard work is good for clearing the head. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-07 19:11 |
| #18 Some rare footage of their State-of-the-art Battleship: |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-11-07 17:56 |
| #17 Ship's Name :مقصد = Target I kid you not. Google Persian-English translator: Translation: Persian » English مقصد Target > swap Dictionary: noun 1. aim 2. destination 3. goal |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-07 17:12 |
| #16 OS, any idea as to what colors the circles might be? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-11-07 17:01 |
| #15 The only thing more expensive than a navy is a second-rate navy. Would everyone please mind their manners and stop interrupting the mullahs when they are busy making a mistake? |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-11-07 12:24 |
| #14 The Jihad Ship Lollipop? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-11-07 12:19 |
| #13 Oh noes! The mullahs stole the plans to the H-44. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-07 11:53 |
| #12 Anyone speak Farsi? Ship's Name :مقصد |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-11-07 11:24 |
| #11 it'll make a nice reef somewhere |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-07 11:09 |
| #10 A9 the Belgrano was a cruiser employed as a semi-schoolship. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-11-07 10:51 |
| #9 49Pan, Nah, we won't sink their battleship, the Iranians are smarter than that.................they'll build it underwater to start with and skip the middle steps. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-11-07 09:10 |
| #8 The soon to be heard quote, "They sunk my battleship!" Sorry, had to say it. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-07 09:05 |
| #7 Really? A Battleship? A real Battleship? What, like the BELGRANO? |
| Posted by: Algleton9 2009-11-07 08:57 |
| #6 It's the 18" main battery and the 20" turret face armor that'll really set it off. Just don't skimp on the light AA. Those 25mm Hotchkiss triple mounts don't live up to the hype. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-11-07 08:39 |
| #5 Have they developed a five decker ship of the line? After all, the western powers never went bigger than a four decker. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2009-11-07 04:14 |
| #4 Good---the same money used to finance terrorism would've done a lot more damage. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-07 01:56 |
| #3 re #2 i vote that we air deliver said boilers... from high altitude. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-11-07 01:38 |
| #2 Sell 'em some salvaged 1200-psi boilers for its powerplant - that's a guarantee they'll have a helluva time even getting it out of port. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-11-07 00:38 |
| #1 So is it comparable to an 1941 era Iowa class? No? Then its not a battleship. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-11-07 00:26 |