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| Stealth flying boats join IRGC fleet | |
| 2010-09-29 | |
[Iran Press TV] Iran takes the design and manufacturing of domestic-built military hardware to a new level by delivering stealth flying boats to the Islamic theocracy Guards Corps (IRGC).
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the new delivery was in line with the country's efforts to boast regional security. "Equipping the country's Naval and Armed forces with advanced and modern weaponry will bolster the stability and security of the region and play an effective role in consolidating Iran's deterrent power," a statement on the Defense Ministry's website quoted Vahidi as saying. The country has finished several major defense projects this year, despite several rounds of UN Security Council sanctions targeting Iranian military and financial sectors over Western allegations that Tehran is following a military nuclear program. Iran will soon unveil and launch the second generation of Jamaran destroyers, Sina class frigates as well as a new generation of submarines, Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Ataollah Salehi announced last Wednesday. In August, the Iranian Navy was equipped with four more domestically-made stealth Ghadir class mini-submarines. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #18 Flying gyrocopter jump-jeep gets $3m from DARPA VTOL Humvee/autogyro/plane combo aimed at US Marines Link |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-09-29 19:38 |
| #17 could someone explain too me why you would need a flying boat? A Wiki article about the Boeing version mentions a 10,000 mile range without refueling, that is something. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-09-29 17:19 |
| #16 Photo of hydroplanes taken on the Detroit River. |
| Posted by: Spearong Prince of the Bunions9034 2010-09-29 17:02 |
| #15 Using the clutter from the ocean to mask the planes was a good idea about 25 years ago and will probably work against the soddies or the UAE. But as far as the US goes it will be a duck shoot. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-09-29 16:54 |
| #14 It's helpful for when it falls out of the sky due to inshallah maintenance. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-29 16:48 |
| #13 could someone explain too me why you would need a flying boat? |
| Posted by: chris 2010-09-29 15:39 |
| #12 Low operator skill -- lower than a light aircraft, anyway. |
| Posted by: Pstanley 2010-09-29 13:02 |
| #11 Here's a link to some of them in action. You'll have to wade through a commercial to see them, though. Now this is a ground-effects plane . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-29 10:27 |
| #10 Exactly what I was thinking, Steve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-09-29 09:23 |
| #9 They're sea skimmers, that's why they look like old flying boats. They fly in ground effect, trapping air between the big wing and the water. That enables them to carry a heavier load that a true airplane the same size. Russians were big on this type of design, likely that's where the Iranians got the tech. Difficult target, flying at 100kts a couple of feet off the water. Hard to pickup on radar due to surface clutter. Fast moving jets don't do well that low, helicopter gunships might be better. Phalanx would eat them alive when they get close. I wonder if they have airdropped torpedos or are they suicide planes? |
| Posted by: Steve 2010-09-29 09:19 |
| #8 What do you call a group of Iranian "Stealth flying boats" approaching a US Battle Group? skeet |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-29 08:34 |
| #7 They are German tech can't remember East or West. They appear in Jane's Surface Skimmers of 80's |
| Posted by: Phosing Big Foot3926 2010-09-29 08:03 |
| #6 Not stealthy, not flying boats, but 1950's Soviet technology. As Rambler said, 'targets'. http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/ |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-09-29 07:35 |
| #5 ION TOPIX > IRAN'S OPTION IN CASE OF ATTACK ON ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES [covert quiet stockpiling of Arms, Ammo, etc. in KUWAIT + BAHRAIN via pro-Iran Militia Groups in proxy]. ARTIC > IRAN KNOWS ITS BEST CHANCE OF WAGING WAR AGZ THE US-ALLIES IS BY PROXY WARFARE. At present + for a time to come, IRAN is NOT READY -IT CANNOT MIL RETALIATE EFFECTIVELY AZG EITHER THE US NOR ISRAEL, BUT RECOGNIZES IT MUST REGARDLESS INITIATE SOME KIND OF UNILATER MIL COUNTER-RESPONSE LEST IT LOSE ALL IDEO, GEOPOL CREDIBILITY, INCLUD AMONG MUSLIM + PRO-ISLAMIST STATES. IRAN CANNOT "DO NOTHING". IOW, IIUC, IRAN MUST EITHER USE MILITANT-TERROR, ANDOR STRIKE FIRST [PREMPTION]. Lest we fergit, ME > "BASE(S)-TOO-FAR" QATAR. * SAME > [Armenian]EXPERT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM DANGEROUS FOR ARMENIA. Danger of Radiation Clouds [read, CHERNOBYL] to Armenia + South Caucasus iff Iran's NucFacs are mil attacked by the US-ISRAEL. ARTIC > Pert lables Iran aa sn UNSTABLE + UN-PREDICTABLE COUNTRY/STATE, + RUSSIA'S DECISION TO STOP THE SALE, DELIEVRY OF S-300's TO IRAN IS A FALSE "GAME" BECUZ IRAN HAS PURCHASED SIMIL SYSTEMS FROM UKRAINE + BELARUS, WHICH RUSSIA KNOWS ABOUT??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-29 01:32 |
| #4 I could imagine a swarm of Cessnas being a problem. A huge problem. Any one of them could be full of high explosive. I don't understand why they would bother with flying boats when Cessnas are easily available. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-29 00:37 |
| #3 Looks like a little rooski ekranoplan. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-09-29 00:29 |
| #2 Pics at this link. I could build one of these in my garage. Well, maybe Redneck Jim's garage ... Yup very likely, gotta do better than a James Bondish sled though, mebbe a souped up 350 Chevy driving a multi-blade fan, we could probably get it airborne and screw around a while before it crashes? Could I build it Yup. WOULD I build it Nope, looks all to fragile. Maybe not? Looks like a homemade Kit Boat with a Cessna engine? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-09-29 00:29 |
| #1 What do you call a group of Iranian "Stealth flying boats" approaching a US Battle Group? A target rich environment. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-09-29 00:13 |