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| Iran builds 3 more submarines for navy |
| 2011-11-28 |
 TEHRAN: Iranian state TV says the country has added three more domestically-built submarines to its naval fleet.The Sunday report said the vessels were delivered to the Iranian navy in southern port of Bandar Abbas. It said the submarines were from the Ghadir class, of which Iran already has four. This class of submarine can fire missiles and torpedoes and operate in the GulfÂ’s shallow waters. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Could this be Latin America. They have pushed in this area of the world. Is there a market with the drug cartels. No. My semi-educated opinion is that they don't have enough of them for their assymetric warfare strategy and can't produce them fast enough, never mind building them for export. Basically a North Korean design, possibly improved with Chinese assistance. Designed for littoral warfare and special ops. Meaning they can be used to lay mines, fire torpedoes (merchant s being the most likely target) or launching commandos. As I said, Iran wants them primarily to counter Western naval influence in the Gulf and its straits, with a secondary purpose of expanding a war to other Gulf states. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-11-28 16:32 |
| #5 Propaganda value only?. GulfÂ’s shallow waters?. Could this be Latin America. They have pushed in this area of the world. Is there a market with the drug cartels. Perhaps a willing country to promote terrorism. They did threaten to put a few of their ships off our coast. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-11-28 15:55 |
| #4 Ghadir class, of which Iran already has four. Wikipedia counts 17. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-28 14:01 |
| #3 In the broad sense, any boat doomed to sink is a submarine. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-11-28 09:46 |
| #2 But did they remember the screen doors to let the water out? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-11-28 09:06 |
| #1 I really have to question going under the sea in a transport built by a 3rd world theocracy. It just doesn't sound safe. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-11-28 01:27 |