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2017-05-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran test-fires torpedo in the Strait of Hormuz

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 You would think any explosion in the water within a hundred yards would collapse the air cavity around the torpedo.

Posted by gorb 2017-05-10 00:21|| 2017-05-10 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but that's 'Science', gorb.

Posted by Mullah Richard OTR 2017-05-10 07:21|| 2017-05-10 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Six miles doesn't sound that long. Is this fired from a shore based site or a sub or boat?

Posted by AlanC 2017-05-10 11:07|| 2017-05-10 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The Russians have had one for a long time. This one is apparently a clone of the VA-111 Shkval, that may have been involved with the mysterious explosion and sinking of the Kursk.

Posted by Bobby 2017-05-10 13:26|| 2017-05-10 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 The scuttlebutt I heard was Soviet doctrine was for subs counter-firing a nuke-tipped Shkval back at US hunter-killer subs on hearing incoming torpedoes to assure a mutual kill.

Posted by magpie 2017-05-10 15:09|| 2017-05-10 15:09|| Front Page Top

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