Sarge Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Now I'm reeeeeealy scured. It 's the new and improved flying stealth boat that can sink a battleship, launch itself into orbit and open a can of Spam :laugh: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190462,00.html TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a "super-modern flying boat" capable of evading radar. State TV showed a brief clip of the boat's launch. "Due to its advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can detect it. It can lift out of the water," the television said. It said the boat was "all Iranian-made and can launch missiles with precise targeting while moving." On Monday Iran said it tested a second new radar-avoiding missile during war games in the Persian Gulf that the military says are aimed at preparing the country's defenses against the United States. The new surface-to-sea missile is equipped with remote-control and searching systems, the state-run television reported Tuesday. On Friday, the country tested the Fajr-3, a missile that it said can avoid radars and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads. Iran also has tested what it calls two new torpedoes. The Revolutionary Guards, the elite branch of Iran's military, have been holding their maneuvers — code-named the "Great Prophet" — since Friday, touting what they call domestically built technological advances in their armed forces. But some experts say it appears some of the technology has come from other countries, possibly Russia, and some experts also have questioned just how adept the missiles are at evading radar. It has not been possible to verify Iran's claims for the new armaments. But the country has made clear it aims to send a message of strength to the United States amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council has demanded Iran give up uranium enrichment, a crucial part of the nuclear process. Washington is pressing for sanctions if Tehran continues its refusal to do so, though U.S. officials have not ruled out military action as an eventual option, insisting they will not allow Iran to gain a nuclear arsenal. In Russia, a Kremlin-allied lawmaker on Tuesday criticized the recent torpedo and missile tests as a counterproductive show of might at a time when it should be trying to allay fears that it is trying to build a nuclear weapon. "It is clear that Iran is demonstrating its muscle in order to forestall any discussions of a possible operation using force against Iran," Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, was quoted as saying according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Iran said the torpedo tests were conducted on Sunday and Monday. The torpedo — called a "Hoot," or "whale" — is able to move at up to 223 mph, too fast for any enemy ship to elude. Iran has routinely held war games over the past two decades to improve its combat readiness and test locally made equipment such as missiles, tanks and armored personnel carriers. Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980-88 war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Whatever. Flying boat, meet the nimitz class aircraft carrier. I can't wait till the UN gets fed up with Iran and comes to use with a plan of wiping them off the map. You know it's coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Whatever. Flying boat, meet the nimitz class aircraft carrier. I can't wait till the UN gets fed up with Iran and comes to use with a plan of wiping them off the map. You know it's coming... The UN? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 HAD to be a typo :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Photo from sea trials. (And so much for the answer to the "Whatever happened to Baghdad Bob?") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 The UN? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: What, you think we're going to go to them? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon the Black Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 There's really no need to throw in the religious slur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 There's really no need to throw in the religious slur. All better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLeVan Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Has anyone told Iran that April Fools has passed already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 heyholetsgogrant are you saying thats the iranian stealth flying boat? A little text sometimes helps get your point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 heyholetsgogrant are you saying thats the iranian stealth flying boat? A little text sometimes helps get your point across. \ Sorry thats our boat...i just thought I would post it cause it looked cool..... -Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdowwe Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yea we need clarification Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hey, don't underestimate these guys - I understand they're working on all sorts of stealth technology: secret weapons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLeVan Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I just find it absolutely hilarious that a torpedoes speed is given in mph, which immediately rasies the BS flag. Anyone that has had any experience with speed through water knows that that number should be in knots. If the units are the only thing wrong, it wouldn't be able to hit the broad side of a barn. Imagine a top-fuel dragster tracking a target underwater. The thing would be making so much noise on it's own that it wouldn't be able to lock on to anything. Not gonna happen. If anything, the infamous flying boat is a hydrofoil. Hello genius(not directed at the poster), the Navy uses radar to detect aircraft at range, not ships. Radar has a blind spot due to the orientation of the array and the curvature of the Earth. As far as seagoing vessels, you're pretty safe from radar detection outside of 50 miles. The whole article is pretty shady, someone needs to tell them that April fools is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 They might have made some strides on improving their military might, but our airstrikes would batter them as long as it took to open the way. I think their only offense/defense against us is terrorism in Iraq. And someone please tell the leader of Iran that his bragging of his country's new military technology isn't scaring us away like he wants it too. It just proves our point that Iran is one country that should not have nukes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCitySkin Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 There is no way that they are within 20 years of us technologically. If I'm wrong someone wanna boil my underwear cuz I'm about to have dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OaktonSkins/BushFan Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 There is no way that they are within 20 years of us technologically. If I'm wrong someone wanna boil my underwear cuz I'm about to have dinner. Exactly. That would mean that Iran would have the ability to produce clones of the following major US weapons systems: - a variety of highly sophisticated, multiple warhead ICBMs - stealth fighters - stealth bombers - nuclear submarines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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