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| Iran to Test Fire Home Made Missile |
| 2007-04-24 |
| Commander of the Islamic Republic navy said that his troops are due to test a missile with a range of over 150 km in the sea. Speaking to Iran's state-run TV on Wednesday, Rear Admiral Sajjad Kouchaki further stated that the Iranian navy intends to increase its subsurface power, and continued, "If Iran possesses 50 submarines, it will find a good grip of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman." He also said that the mighty presence of the Iranian navy in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman and north of Indian Ocean is tangible for the regional and trans-regional countries, adding that the navy force is striving to reinvigorate its subsurface forces. Saying that Iran owns the most powerful navy in the Middle-East region, the commander reminded that 90 to 95 percent of the equipment and weapons needed by the navy are designed and manufactured through home-made technology and by the Iranian experts. He further pointed to the production of dual-purpose torpedoes and test firing of a fast radar-evading missile as among other achievements of the Iranian navy, adding that during future war games, an optimized missile with a range of over 150 km will be test fired. The Admiral also reminded that the said missile will increase Iran's missile capability and defensive power. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 It's an Estes Saturn V! As to Iran having 50 submarines and then having a grip on the Persian Gulf, well, let's just say it would be a very "target rich" environment for the 3-4 hours it would take a couple US SSNs to hunt them all down. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-04-24 15:49 |
| #9 Ed, thanks for the link to that video. In the one shot, I thought I saw intake covers, too, but in other shots there's heat shimmer coming from the exhaust nozzles, and we do see it flying, so there's at least one flyable example somewhere. It may very well be a nice airplane, but if it's Israeli F-15 or F-16 against Iranian F-5 variant, I know which side's favored in Vegas. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-24 15:23 |
| #8 Iran to Test Fire Home Made Missile Is HeathKit selling missiles now or maybe ACME? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-04-24 14:35 |
| #7 Interesting link, Ed. Why does it need several stands to hold it up? The landing gear need a rest? Can't take the stationary load? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-04-24 12:58 |
| #6 Not rev engineered. They took an F-5 and added twin stabilizers. No evidence the Iranians can build airframes, engines or avionics. And the video I saw of it "taxiing", I swear, had covers over the engine inlets and sounds of a running turbine. A true Iranian innovation, the non air breathing turbine. The enviros are gonna love it. And wood/plastic mockups don't count usless the mullahs have a genie we don't know about. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-04-24 11:00 |
| #5 Mike- He's exaggerating a LOT. They did come out with a single copy of a reverse engineered F-5but as far as I've been able to tell, they haven't flown it, and they sure as hell can't produce it. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-24 10:13 |
| #4 . . . the commander reminded that 90 to 95 percent of the equipment and weapons needed by the navy are designed and manufactured through home-made technology and by the Iranian experts. He's probably exaggerating, but Iran has developed something of an indigenous aircraft industry. I remember reading somewhere that they back-engineered the F-5 and were making copies. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-24 06:28 |
| #3 Wow. A range of over 150 kilometers? The 1944 German V-2 had an operational range of 300 km, according to Wikipedia. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-04-24 06:04 |
| #2 FREEREPUBLIC > CANDA article > 2nd similar report that AL-QAEDA may be planning to use radiological-dispersing device(s) in new mass-casualty attacks agz West. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-24 04:48 |
| #1 Chinese sell home made missiles? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-04-24 00:54 |
