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2011-11-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2011-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I really have to question going under the sea in a transport built by a 3rd world theocracy. It just doesn't sound safe.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-11-28 01:27|| 2011-11-28 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 But did they remember the screen doors to let the water out?

Posted by AlanC 2011-11-28 09:06|| 2011-11-28 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 In the broad sense, any boat doomed to sink is a submarine.

Posted by Grunter 2011-11-28 09:46|| 2011-11-28 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Ghadir class, of which Iran already has four.

Wikipedia counts 17.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-28 14:01|| 2011-11-28 14:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Propaganda value only?. Gulfs shallow waters?. Could this be Latin America. They have pushed in this area of the world. Is there a market with the drug cartels. Perhaps a willing country to promote terrorism. They did threaten to put a few of their ships off our coast.

Posted by Dale 2011-11-28 15:55|| 2011-11-28 15:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Could this be Latin America. They have pushed in this area of the world. Is there a market with the drug cartels.

No. My semi-educated opinion is that they don't have enough of them for their assymetric warfare strategy and can't produce them fast enough, never mind building them for export.

Basically a North Korean design, possibly improved with Chinese assistance. Designed for littoral warfare and special ops. Meaning they can be used to lay mines, fire torpedoes (merchant s being the most likely target) or launching commandos. As I said, Iran wants them primarily to counter Western naval influence in the Gulf and its straits, with a secondary purpose of expanding a war to other Gulf states.

Posted by Pappy 2011-11-28 16:32|| 2011-11-28 16:32|| Front Page Top

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