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| Iran navy launches stealth warship in the Gulf |
| 2018-12-01 |
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s navy on Saturday launched a domestically made destroyer, which state media said has radar-evading stealth properties, as tensions rise with arch-enemy, the United States. In a ceremony carried live on state television, the Sahand destroyer ‐ which can sustain voyages lasting five months without resupply ‐ joined Iran’s regular navy at a base in Bandar Abbas on the Gulf. The Sahand has a flight deck for helicopters, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare capabilities, state television reported. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program in May and reimposed sanctions on Tehran. He said the deal was flawed because it did not include curbs on Iran’s development of ballistic missiles or its support for proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. The United States has said its goal is to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero. Senior Iranian officials have said that if Iran is not allowed to export then no other countries will be allowed to export oil through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf. Launch ceremony video with martial band music and gun salute |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 F-14 variant. They float better. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-12-01 22:40 |
| #11 "five months without resupply" So, the engines don't run? (Fuel?) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-12-01 22:26 |
| #10 Who knew camel |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-12-01 22:18 |
| #9 you don't need radar to detect a surface ship this big in the Persian Gulf as there is enough aerial surveillance in the area to track everything bigger than a canoe. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-12-01 19:02 |
| #8 I love you guys!!! This is the funniest and most clever bunch on the internet. I never visit without laughing over and over. |
| Posted by: Roger Smith 2018-12-01 15:32 |
| #7 Well if you sink you go 'stealth' right? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-12-01 13:02 |
| #6 Awful lot of 'hard edges' and vertical elements for stealth We can fix the hard edges in Photoshop, but those flat vertical sides... hey, maybe they are coated with special Islamic Radar Absorbent Paint. It's the Will of Allan, you electromagnetic bitches! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-12-01 12:13 |
| #5 Awful lot of 'hard edges' and vertical elements for stealth, but only my opinion. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-12-01 11:13 |
| #4 Somebody tell me if there is any significance to the large radar dish shown in the linked video. Controlling those half dozen RC 'Tug Boats'. Makes the boat Can't Fathoms tall. Reading the article, you'd think the Iranians just launched Space Battlecruiser Akagi. Looks like a Navy knock-off of a knock-off of a F-5. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-12-01 10:28 |
| #3 It comes from the factory presunk so it's invincable. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2018-12-01 10:13 |
| #2 In a ceremony carried live on state television, the Sahand destroyer ‐ which can sustain voyages lasting five months |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-01 10:09 |
| #1 Somebody tell me if there is any significance to the large radar dish shown in the linked video. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-12-01 09:41 |