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Iran commissions locally built submarine (PHOTOS)
By: Associated Press ^
Posted on 01/15/2006 4:30:21 AM PST by Khashayar
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To: Khashayar
I hope this sub is vewwwwwwwry, vewwwwwwy quiet.....
Navy Sonarmen love finding and prosecuting new noises under water. Especially if the crew is busy praying five times a day.
Looks very much like a brand new target to me.
Jack
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:49:37 AM PST
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: tryon1ja
Once we painted the inside T**tie pink sand. The old man thought it was nice. a side bar - behaviorists found, some years ago, that painting police drunk tanks hot pink has a very effective calming impact on drunks and drug addicts
The old man must have read that study and applied it to his crew!
Thanks for your service. I have a submarine "jones" and love stories of the dark, deep.
Patrick Robinson writes great submarine thrillers (ala Tom Clancey). A number of them deal with Iranian and Kilo class subs, coincidentally.
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:50:31 AM PST
by
llevrok
(Drink your beer, damnit! There are people in Africa sober!.)
To: R. Scott
From the link:
"One foreign military attaché in Tehran said the vessels appeared to be well-engineered but he doubted they had much ballistic capability and were most likely to be used for ferrying troops."
LOL... From its looks, it will ferry about five troops at a time.
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:50:35 AM PST
by
RJL
To: Khashayar
Old Ahmanizan seems totally impressed with that boat. Not. Still, it would be interesting to have one of those instead of a sailboat for getaway weekends.
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:53:21 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RJL
How many trops does it take to assassinate a leader?
Remember our Austrian 'friends' sold Iraq 800 sniper rifles...
145
posted on
01/15/2006 10:54:33 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the Garden)
To: null and void
'trops' = 'troops' Talk about a Freudian typo!
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:55:43 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the Garden)
To: Khashayar
why you inserted your comment when you are no expert! Right, that's what it is on this BBS, just the experts. The real experts are kind of busy right now, so we're the substitute experts.
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posted on
01/15/2006 10:58:33 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
148
posted on
01/15/2006 10:59:15 AM PST
by
null and void
(The real experts are kind of busy right now, so we're the substitute experts.)
To: dglang
The boats are painted according to their mission. There are about four major colors for submarines--light gray, dark gray, blue, and green. One of the colors is light green: where would that one be stationed?
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:01:52 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: llevrok
I am not much of a novel reader. I guess I do enough other kind of reading throughout the day that I kill the desire to read further. However, I think I have seen just about every submarine movie made. (May have missed a few, especially foreign ones). I do know a few interesting real life stories. Some of the facts may still be classifed, maybe not. The time I spent riding the boats was one of the best times of my life. I am very thankful that this country gave me the opportunity to spend time on her magnificant war ships. I also got to ship out on an ASW air craft carrier for awhile so I had the chance to see both sides of the hunt and hide game. I call it a game because most of the time we spent practicing as if it was a game in order to be ready for the real thing.
To: null and void
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:03:38 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: Khashayar
... deadly to aircraft carriers, right? Only if the carrier was anchored or moored alongside some wharf somewhere.
This thing doesn't look like open ocean.
It's Coastal / shoal water defense. Although it could be bad news for ships transiting the Hormuz straits, tankers especially.
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:04:14 AM PST
by
dread78645
(Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
To: RightWhale
I thought it summarized FR quite well.
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:04:33 AM PST
by
null and void
(The real experts are kind of busy right now, so we're the substitute experts.)
To: Khashayar
Is that pop rivets used on the hull???
To: Howlin
Hey Howlin, I know you've been carrying on the good fight!
I had one too and the frogmen. (That dates us doesn't it?)
Good to see ya!
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:11:01 AM PST
by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: Khashayar
It looks like a "collection" vehicle.
156
posted on
01/15/2006 11:12:24 AM PST
by
NY Attitude
(You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
To: sure_fine
Re your #45 - I think that that is where they dump in the barrel of baking soda...
Then they have to remember to put the cork back in prior to submergance.
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:12:34 AM PST
by
Uncle Jaque
(Club Freedom; Dues: Vigilance.)
To: BunnySlippers
No, it's for real.
This is a joke:
To: Uncle Jaque
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:17:51 AM PST
by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: ASA Vet
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posted on
01/15/2006 11:18:44 AM PST
by
NY Attitude
(You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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