Iran tests new naval weapon

abrarabro · Coal Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 9

Peace all,

Iran builds advanced naval weapon

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:33:19

Iran has developed a high-tech naval weapons system capable of targeting any warship within a range of 300 kilometers from its shores.

A top Iranian commander explained that the weapons system introduces state-of-the-art technology never used before.

"The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps recently tested a naval weapon which is definitely capable of sending any warship within a distance of 300 km to the bottom of the sea," IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari told reporters Monday.

"The weapon design and production technology used in this weapon is completely indigenous to Iran and has never been employed by any other country," he added.

Jafari said the new weapon has gone into mass production after successful testing.

The commander also commented on Iran's ability to close off the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway that connects the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. "The length of Iran's coastline along the Strait of Hormuz, its unique geographical position, and the coastal heights make it possible for Iran to close off the strait," said Jafari.

He added that Iranian armed forces could easily block the strait for an infinite time' using the available military equipment.

In early July, IRGC staged a major military maneuver to demonstrate its defense capabilities amid escalating US and Israeli threats of a strike against the country's nuclear facilities.

Jafari pointed out that the maneuver had achieved all its objectives, despite efforts made by Western media outlets to portray it otherwise.

"Eight missiles were fired simultaneously; however, poor images captured on camera gave rise to certain ambiguities," he said, referring to some speculations about the failure of the military exercise.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=65583&sectionid=351020101

I think that Iran is going to cause massive damage to any military power that attacks it if Iran were to left free in developing its capabilities as it is buying as much time as possible.

Cloud9 · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jul 26, 2006 Posts: 1159

In an upcoming nuclear war, what makes you think Iran would be subdued by a ship?

WyoDutch

The drumbeat for a Pearl Harbor style (i.e., sneak) attack on Iran continues.

Why not... the Israel-first gang snookered us into attacking Iraq... no reason to believe we're any smarter that we were then.

The US has been building bases within kilometers of the Iranian border, we make repeated charges about Iranian-supplied weapons killing American soldiers in Iraq, and the revelation by Seymour Hersh, the US's premier investigative reporter, that, late last year the Bush administration launched - with the support of the Democratic leadership in Congress - a US$400 million covert program "designed to destabilize [Iran's] religious leadership", including cross-border activities by US special operations forces and a low-level "war of terror" through surrogates in regions where Balochi and Ahwazi Arab minorities are strongest. (Precedents for this terror campaign include previous US Central Intelligence Agency-run [CIA] campaigns in Afghanistan in the 1980s, using car bombs and even camel bombs against the Russians, and in Iraq in the 1990s, using car bombs and other explosives in an attempt to destabilize Saddam Hussein's regime.)

The only issue I see is how we will attack them and make it look like we "had no choice".

RSFB · Heavy Crude Joined: Aug 03, 2008 Posts: 284

We're at a point that attacking Iran seems like madness... The repercussions could be immense.

I don't see a war being started by anyone else than a trigger-happy Israel. Will it happen or not, I don't know.

Cloud9 · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jul 26, 2006 Posts: 1159

Dutch, you know that if we wanted to, we could take them out with a plane based in Kansas.

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KevO · Expert Joined: May 24, 2005 Posts: 2389

They're definitely pushing their luck, that's for sure.

Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1971

Aren't they just pushing their non-luck?
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TheAntiDoomer · Tar Sands Joined: Jun 18, 2008 Posts: 25

I F'ing dare them to shoot one of these things at a US ship cause if they do minutes later Tehran will be a smoldering hellhole.
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This kind of comic-book style doomsday weapon braggadoccio is just the thing for Iran to show the international community that it only seeks to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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jbrovont · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 700

This sounds like a bluff to me, but it's hard to say. A rail gun maybe, or thermo-electric cannon? I've read some theories about using shaped explosive charges in water to create shockwaves that will crumple the hulls of ships, but not recently. Interesting none the less, even if it is just saber rattling.

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