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Iranian Submarine Lost While Practicing To Sink U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Strategy Page ^ | May 11, 2014

Posted on 05/12/2014 7:36:39 AM PDT by Fennie

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To: Fennie; et al

“Train Like You Fight”

Laughing butt off.......


41 posted on 05/12/2014 8:43:42 AM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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To: Fennie

The captain’s last words: “Ached....open the hatch and see how close we are to the target.”


42 posted on 05/12/2014 8:49:24 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Fennie

anybody remember ‘commodore sweetwater’s waterlogged logbook of the foolhardy and forgotten’?


43 posted on 05/12/2014 8:52:15 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
You have to ask yourself: Do I want to be in s sub run by a bunch of crazy muzzie camel jocks?

Given the choice between that and strapping on a vest made of explosives . . . maybe the single digit survival rate is attractive.

44 posted on 05/12/2014 8:53:15 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Alex Murphy
Nahh. My bet is screwed up the rule for opening the hatch.
Add the descents + ascents divide by 2. If there is 1 left over don't open the hatch.
45 posted on 05/12/2014 9:00:52 AM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: F15Eagle

and it sunk just like it will if ever used against us...


46 posted on 05/12/2014 9:01:10 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Fennie

Sitting on the bottom full of water is pretty stealthy.


47 posted on 05/12/2014 9:02:47 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Fennie

so stealthy it’s crew cannot find itself.


48 posted on 05/12/2014 9:03:11 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Question: Why does the New Iranian navy have glass bottom boats?


49 posted on 05/12/2014 9:04:17 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

I thought that was the Italians. LOL


50 posted on 05/12/2014 9:08:44 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Fennie
one of Iran's Ghadir mini-subs sank

Was the USS Memphis nearby?

51 posted on 05/12/2014 9:09:02 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: RedMDer

That is FUNNY no matter who you are!


52 posted on 05/12/2014 9:10:57 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Enterprise
The Iranians would love to sink an American Carrier, regardless of the cost to the crews. It would be a SHTF scenario on the scale of Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, well they better not sink one of our carriers, because if they did, Obama would retaliate by expressing deep concern.

53 posted on 05/12/2014 9:15:53 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

My God! Do you think he would do the unthinkable? And draw another red line?


54 posted on 05/12/2014 9:17:56 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Fennie

That’s what happens when you open a window to get some air even though there was a screen to keep out fish.


55 posted on 05/12/2014 9:29:55 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: neverdem; SunkenCiv; Nachum; Bailee

Well, them there old-fashioned German WWII “short range diesel boats” ended up sinking quite a few US ships sailing ....... right offshore of Galveston carrying Houston ship channel oil.

Seems its not too much of a stretch to see them shooting a couple of modern (Russian/Chinese/NK/Cuban/ex-Ukrainian) modern self-guiding high-speed torpedoes at a few US escorts and tankers a few miles off of the coast of Iran.

To stop a tanker with only one propeller attached to a very large, very noisy direct drive diesel engine that is VERY NOISY all you have to is push a button. To sink a US escort that can’t use sonar because of a VERY NOISY tanker close aboard all you need is two torpedoes. And one button.


56 posted on 05/12/2014 9:34:58 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: PapaBear3625

Now think about what you just said for a minute. The Iranian subs are battery-powered. That means underwater speed & endurance are both pretty LOW. A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier doing flight ops is pushing 30 knots through the water — far faster than any battery powered sub can go, even in a sprint.

So what is the tactic? Sit on the bottom like a manned mine. On detecting a US warship coming toward you you rise to periscope depth (if that is how they acquire targets. Then launch torpedoes if in range.

These things are not a serious threat to run down even a merchant ship while submerged.


57 posted on 05/12/2014 9:43:59 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: morphing libertarian

Answer: So they can look at the old Iranian navy.


58 posted on 05/12/2014 1:48:49 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: morphing libertarian

You’re actually right... :-)


59 posted on 05/12/2014 1:49:29 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Its rumored stealth technology involves diving below test depth. Top that, Yankee devils!


60 posted on 05/12/2014 9:24:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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