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2009-11-13 India-Pakistan

Iran consulate official killed in Peshawar

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 ION WMF > US TERRIFIED: CHINA WILLING/MAY SELL IRAN EX-MING CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINES [PLAN Type 035].

SAME > PM HATOYAMA: JAPAN'S ECONOMY WON'T DEVELOP/PROGRESS WIDOUT CHINA; + TOPIX > JAPAN LOOKS TO ASIA [espec China] FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-11-13 01:03|| na]">[na] 2009-11-13 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Pop, hiss, pop.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-13 04:05|| 2009-11-13 04:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Joe,

This is one case where your sources are probably a little off - the Ming class boats are reverse engineered Soviet Romeos, which in turn are reverse engineered German Type XXI U-boats from WWII. The newest Ming would be 25 years old and they are most charitably described as obsolete, one of them in Chinese service killing its entire crew when its snorkel malfunctioned and the diesel engines used up all the air in the boat. The only people who should be 'terrified' are the Iranians who will have to run the darn things.

Best regards,
Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-13 08:18|| 2009-11-13 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Ditto, Joe. The Ming Class/Romeos are extremely easy to find and kill -- those that don't self-destruct. It's like Iran's obsolete F-4 Phantoms and F-5 Freedom Fighters up against Israeli F-15s. It's called target practice...

Posted by Paul Zimmerli">Paul Zimmerli 2009-11-13 08:41|| 2009-11-13 08:41|| Front Page Top

#5 They didn't blame the US or UK? Odd, that's been their go-to speech

Posted by Keith G 2009-11-13 13:10|| 2009-11-13 13:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Ditto Mike's and Paul's comments. Plus, Romeo/Ming class submarines are extremely noisy compared to modern submarines. The hunt would be like hunting deer that had all been tagged with a large cowbell. Akula class, now you're talking about something that makes most ASW commanders nervous. IF the Chinese were selling them some of their newest subs, the US would be nervous, especially in confined waters such as the Persian Gulf.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-11-13 13:23|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-11-13 13:23|| Front Page Top

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