Iran Says Its Submarines are in the Red Sea

Arutz Sheva ^ | 7/6/11 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

Iran has sent military submarines to the Red Sea, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

"Iranian military submarines entered the Red Sea waters with the goal of collecting information and identifying other countries' combat vessels," Fars said in a Tuesday report, citing an unidentified source.

It did not say how many submarines were involved or what type they were but noted they had sailed alongside warships from the Iranian Navy's 14th fleet.

State-run Press TV said in a report earlier in May that the 14th fleet – which is comprised of two vessels, the warship Bandar Abbas and the destroyer Shahid Naqdi – had been sent to fight piracy.

"The fleet entered the Gulf of Aden region in May and has now entered the Red Sea in the continuation of its mission," Fars said.

[Eleutheria5]

I hope we have necessary forces in place in Eilat.

[camerongood210]

I wonder how the new Iron Dome would stand up to an Iranian attack.

[blueunicorn6]

Yellow submarines in the Red Sea...how colorful.

[TalonDJ]

In a related note they ask if sees them could they give the crews directions to get back home. In a totally unrelated note Iran is checking Craig’s List for underwater search and rescue gear.

[pingman]

I suspect that there is no Iranian Momsen.

[GonzoGOP]

If you actually had subs in the area, the last thing you would want to do is tell anyone about it.

[Thrownatbirth]

Translation: Our obsolete or poorly designed submarines cannot possibly leave port without grave danger to our brave crews. Please expend your resources looking for them anyway.

[Eleutheria5]

Can we use a pattern of depth charges to aid in the search?

[dartuser]

"Seahawk One, you have the hammer ..."

"Ghost One, roger ... hammer going to depth, stand by Big Nasty ... "

[Doc Savage]

These goat fellators have submarines?????????? Holy Crap!

[Eleutheria5]

No, no. Iranians are highly cultured people. They are the Italy of the Middle East. I’m sure they do not habitually felate goats./sarc? You guess.

[Seaplaner]

If you actually had subs in the area, the last thing you would want to do is tell anyone about it.

Precisely.

It would be nearly as amateurish and foolish as bragging that a laptop seized in a raid yielded a "treasure trove" if information, n'est ce pas?

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[domeika]

Iranian subs...

[LyinLibs]

Their “submarines” are plastic buckets on the heads of moslems, trapping enough air so they can submerge a couple feet and look for bin laden’s corpse.

[catman67]

New Iranian Submarine!!!

[RatRipper]

I guess it would be against Islam and affront to Muslims everywhere if we sunk all of them and gave them a watery grave like the one Osama has.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Muslims on “pig boats”! YEA!!!

[Eleutheria5]

On the othe4r hand, it’ll save the cost of a funeral at sea. Besides, the Sunnis might consider it a mere attack on heretical Shiites. If not, not. So the Sunnis will be POd, too. For a change?

[SunkenCiv]

Soon, they’ll be in the Red Sea for all eternity.

Thanks Eleutheria5.

[grey_whiskers]

Somewhere on line there's a joke about the Spanish Navy having glass-bottomed hulls to allow them to get a better view of the old Spanish Navy. (Spanish Armada)

Same principle should apply here.

Cheers!