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2010-08-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian missile boats speedier than US warships: IRGC

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 I'd like to see one of those toys outrun a missile.

Posted by gorb 2010-08-24 00:10|| 2010-08-24 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Laser weapons ought to be speedy enough to stop those uniquely speedy Iranian boats.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-08-24 00:13|| 2010-08-24 00:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Big deal. An extra 4 knots is only an advantage if you are running away.
Also, the following weapon systems are a lot faster than 35 knots:
All of them.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-24 00:17|| 2010-08-24 00:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Keep in mind that a dozen speed-boats firing ASM's would put a whole-lotta hurt on a CVBG. All it takes is ONE getting through the SAM umbrella - which isn't a low-grade probability at all.

And a dozen speed-boats with three or four fanatic crew members each is a heck of a lot cheaper and easier to produce than a DDG.

And I'm betting they won't have a dozen of these, they'll have a hundred.

They're also a heck of a lot cheaper than the Harpoons we'd be shooting at them and very likely to be able to dodge them, assuming the Harpoons would even track such a target.

Orion

Posted by Orion 2010-08-24 00:52|| http://blog-in-the-box.blogspot.com 2010-08-24 00:52|| Front Page Top

#5 The USN aren't dummies, and I can imagine some weapons systems that would grotesquely mess up area targets, and on a budget. For example, an air dropped fuel/air explosive would be a mother over water.

It's called the BLU-96, nicknamed "Hades" bomb. It is the next best thing to a nuclear detonation, short of a MOAB.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-08-24 11:14|| 2010-08-24 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Some of these will be jihadis intent on collecting their virgins by ramming and detonating a large warhead at the waterline. Tough to stop.

Posted by Scotty 2010-08-24 16:37|| 2010-08-24 16:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Helicopters.

It would be a 'reverse turkey-shoot.' The stupid speedboats would not have a chance.

Posted by Free Radical 2010-08-24 19:56|| 2010-08-24 19:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Helicopters would be good. A few quick, light, maneuverable models with lots of missiles and maybe something like a 50-cal with lots of ammo would be nice. Probably doesn't even need to be anything armored. An Apache would probably be too much and too slow. The folks running the boats couldn't attack when they are running at speed, and the ones that are stationary could be ignored.

Posted by gorb 2010-08-24 21:04|| 2010-08-24 21:04|| Front Page Top

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