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2009-11-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran building state-of-the-art battleship

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 So is it comparable to an 1941 era Iowa class?

No?

Then its not a battleship.

Posted by 3dc 2009-11-07 00:26|| 2009-11-07 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Sell 'em some salvaged 1200-psi boilers for its powerplant - that's a guarantee they'll have a helluva time even getting it out of port.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-11-07 00:38|| 2009-11-07 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 re #2

i vote that we air deliver said boilers... from high altitude.

Posted by abu do you love ">abu do you love 2009-11-07 01:38|| 2009-11-07 01:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Good---the same money used to finance terrorism would've done a lot more damage.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-07 01:56|| 2009-11-07 01:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Have they developed a five decker ship of the line? After all, the western powers never went bigger than a four decker.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-11-07 04:14|| 2009-11-07 04:14|| Front Page Top

#6 It's the 18" main battery and the 20" turret face armor that'll really set it off. Just don't skimp on the light AA. Those 25mm Hotchkiss triple mounts don't live up to the hype.

Posted by Mike 2009-11-07 08:39|| 2009-11-07 08:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Really? A Battleship? A real Battleship?

What, like the BELGRANO?

Posted by Algleton9 2009-11-07 08:57|| 2009-11-07 08:57|| Front Page Top

#8 The soon to be heard quote, "They sunk my battleship!"

Sorry, had to say it.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-11-07 09:05|| 2009-11-07 09:05|| Front Page Top

#9 49Pan, Nah, we won't sink their battleship, the Iranians are smarter than that.................they'll build it underwater to start with and skip the middle steps.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2009-11-07 09:10|| 2009-11-07 09:10|| Front Page Top

#10 A9 the Belgrano was a cruiser employed as a semi-schoolship.

Posted by .5MT 2009-11-07 10:51|| 2009-11-07 10:51|| Front Page Top

#11 it'll make a nice reef somewhere

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-07 11:09|| 2009-11-07 11:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Anyone speak Farsi?

Ship's Name :مقصد

Posted by OldSpook 2009-11-07 11:24|| 2009-11-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh noes! The mullahs stole the plans to the H-44.

Posted by ed 2009-11-07 11:53|| 2009-11-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#14 The Jihad Ship Lollipop?

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-07 12:19|| 2009-11-07 12:19|| Front Page Top

#15 The only thing more expensive than a navy is a second-rate navy.

Would everyone please mind their manners and stop interrupting the mullahs when they are busy making a mistake?

Posted by Free Radical 2009-11-07 12:24|| 2009-11-07 12:24|| Front Page Top

#16 OS, any idea as to what colors the circles might be?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-11-07 17:01|| 2009-11-07 17:01|| Front Page Top

#17
Ship's Name :مقصد
= Target

I kid you not.
Google Persian-English translator:
Translation: Persian » English
مقصد

Target
> swap

Dictionary:
noun
1. aim
2. destination
3. goal

Posted by ed 2009-11-07 17:12|| 2009-11-07 17:12|| Front Page Top

#18 Some rare footage of their State-of-the-art Battleship:

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-11-07 17:56|| 2009-11-07 17:56|| Front Page Top

#19 I see what you did there Oldspook. Some vigorous yard work is good for clearing the head.

Posted by ed 2009-11-07 19:11|| 2009-11-07 19:11|| Front Page Top

#20 Crazyfool, I hope they are building a Yamato Battleship. This way, we can see just how much faster we can sink it! I have $50 on 20 seconds, we hit the ammo cache.

Posted by Charles 2009-11-07 19:15|| 2009-11-07 19:15|| Front Page Top

#21 Regarding the ship name...

I do know a bit of Farsi, learned it on the job a long time ago. Just key words.

So yeah, I fess up on that one.

:-)

Posted by OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:00|| 2009-11-07 20:00|| Front Page Top

#22 By the way, where did you get the translation? I got my from my English-Farsi dictionary.

"Objective" is the main connotation, but its also used in the military sense of the word as in artillery calls, like "SHELL" then "SPLASH" by the battery followed by "TARGET" response to impact by the FO (then Fire For Effect or else adjuustments).

That's the only context I know, and Farsi does have a different words for other meanings of target in my dictionary.

I am unsure if it applies to ships or aircraft that are being tracked, so big grain of salt.

But yeah, I was having fun with ya here.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:09|| 2009-11-07 20:09|| Front Page Top

#23 And before someone gets on me, the Iranians use "SHELL" not "SHOT" like we do. Dunno where they got that.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-11-07 20:50|| 2009-11-07 20:50|| Front Page Top

#24 Any single ship, no matter how powerful, well-armed or armored, is vulnerable when alone. If they said they were building a complete battle group, it might be a problem.
Otherwise, its name, Target, is very appropriate.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-07 21:44|| 2009-11-07 21:44|| Front Page Top

#25 At the rate the future is becoming history these days, if it is not complete and christened within a few months it won't belong to the ruling mullahs of Iran when it's done.

Well played, OldSpook!

Posted by trailing wife 2009-11-07 22:41|| 2009-11-07 22:41|| Front Page Top

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