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| IRGC speedboats to become radar-evading with new missiles: Top commander |
| 2019-01-01 |
| [PRESSTV] The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says new speedboats operated by the IRGC will be radar-evading and equipped with new missiles. Rear admiral Alireza Tangsiri made the remarks in an interview with IRNA on Monday, noting that the IRGC’s Navy attaches great importance to high speed and maneuverability in its missions. "We are planning to equip the IRGC’s speedboats with radar-evading stealth technology while increasing their speed in order to conduct their missions," the Iranian commander said, adding that "new missiles moving at very high speed are being installed on the IRGC’s naval vessels." Tangsiri noted that the IRGC has currently the fastest speedboats in the world, saying, "We are working on speedboats with the speed of 80 knots [per hour] and more than that, and we will start to build speedboats with the speed of over 80 knots [per hour] in the near future." Over the past years, Iran has made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing military equipment and hardware despite sanctions and economic pressures on the country. The Islamic Theocratic Republicmaintains that its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely attentive to its military doctrine of deterrence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Cluster bombs? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-01-01 21:02 |
| #12 One of my favorite reports from the first gulf war was a report of 2 Iraqi Zodiac patrol craft were bombed by A-6 Intruders. Sunk of course but I wonder, what bombs do you use on rubber boats? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-01-01 20:26 |
| #11 Can they dodge 20mm vulcan fire from the R2D2's? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-01-01 20:25 |
| #10 You see... they dodge the radar pulses... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2019-01-01 18:47 |
| #9 Darth, I hear that the cloaking stuff came from some guy they found in a bottle or maybe a lamp. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-01-01 16:12 |
| #8 It is that new fangled Insallah cloaking tech I hear so much about. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-01-01 13:40 |
| #7 speedboats with radar-evading stealth technology gotta lead 'em a little more |
| Posted by: Angolet Stalin2782 2019-01-01 12:33 |
| #6 I read every Tom Swift book but that was a long time ago. Great stuff for a boy to grow up on. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-01 11:31 |
| #5 #1 "and they can fly!" Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-01 05:41 "...And they're driven by my wife, Morgan Fairchild, yeah, that's the ticket!" All kidding aside, I wonder if they have ever given so much as a moment's thought to what would happen about thirty seconds after they should somehow lay a finger on one of our warships. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-01-01 11:30 |
| #4 MM, I had the book way back in the '50s....Tom Swift Jr. and his Jet Marine. Cutural appropriation indeed. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-01-01 10:42 |
| #3 I call cultural appropriation |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-01 07:14 |
| #2 As a kid, I always thought the "Flying sub" on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was as cool as it got. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-01 06:25 |
| #1 "and they can fly!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-01 05:41 |