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Iran Navy Agusta AB-212 ASW and SH-3D Sea King (AS-61) helicopters
Iranian commando frogman dropped from Agusta SH-3D Sea King
Iranian commando frogman team in inflatable rubber raiding craft
Assortment of FB type and Ashura class inshore patrol craft (PBF)
and a Sea-Doo RXT-X 255 watercraft, all manned by IRI Marines
FB type equipped with 107 mm MLRS in action
Late model Sea-Doo RXT-X 255 watercraft
Inshore patrol craft firing HM-23 16 round 122mm MLRS
Gunners loading a 16 round 122mm MLRS
IRI Marines armed with G3A4 battle rifles
IRIAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter-bomber
IRIN Commander Read Admiral Sayyari with a commodore and lieutenant junior grade
the F-4 is a very good aircraft that went out of production 30 years ago.
ReplyDeleteBut will these men fight to the death?
ReplyDeleteA little pathetic... a little sad... like sheep to the slaughter should they cross the line.
ReplyDeleteNote that in the last picture of the marine officers standing next to Sayyari, both of the officers present are members of the marine's "special-boat-service".
ReplyDeleteGood against drug war but against the US forget it.
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F-4D, not F-4E
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ReplyDeleteDec 30,2011 3:24pm
USN Submarines are vintage 1960's
The trident Nuclear Sub, series is in desparate need of an overhaul. The Hull skin compartment, on these aging subs is the sweet spot target. For an Iranian stealth mini Sub, torpedo and or antiship supersonic qadir misile! the Trident missile sub series was a great cold war Juggernaut. it is to bad that the Iranian IRIN is going to sink these age old dinosaurs and the young inexprienced kids in them, to the bottom of the sea! When they cross the line!
Mark, thats an F-4D, not an F-4E.
ReplyDeleteGood against drug war but against the US forget it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's what the US navy thinks of them.You must be very naive to think otherwise.Do you really believe the US is in any position to confront Iran now?
The "tensions" is just convenient way for the US to sell more junk weapons with all useful features disabled to the PGCC dictators.What better way to reassure their paranoid Oil Sheik "allies" than to sell them more dumbed down weapons..Surely the US doesn't expect them to attack Iran.That'll be suicide!!
They're so stupid they fall the trick all the time..lol
@ 11:49 PM
ReplyDeleteThat's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. WTF is the "The Hull skin compartment"?
Anon 3:19 AM
ReplyDeleteNo your naive in thinking the US won't be able to confront Iran and any given time it chooses.
The US said the Iranian navy was a threat INSIDE the Persian gulf but OUTSIDE the Persian gulf the US navy will dominate with their NUCLEAR submarines AIRCRAFT CARRIERS with their battle groups.
Iran barely has aircraft to defend its own air space let alone OUTSIDE the Persian gulf.Each aircraft carrier has over 80 F18 Hornets which will go against US SUPPLIED F4 Phantoms of the Iranian air force.Iran also has SU24 and a few MIG 29s but they are no match to F18s and of course Iran has the F14 Tomcat which the US retired a few years ago and Iran has only a few of them which are high maintenance and require plentiful spare parts to operate long term.
After a few weeks Iran's air force will be grounded due to heavy loss or lack of spare parts.
Iran's ports will be inoperable due to US bombardment.
Iran's coast will be buzzing with US aircraft to look for remaining Iranian boats and anti aircraft/ship missile systems.
The Iranian boats are only a threat inside the closed waters and their mini subs are only useful inside the waters and as for their three Russian supplied subs they will be sunk in the early period of war.
If after all this Iran uses its missiles to attack Saudi or Israel then Iranian regime has signed its death sentence.
Iran's coast will be buzzing with US aircraft to look for remaining Iranian boats and anti aircraft/ship missile systems.
ReplyDeleteThis is only possible if the aircraft you've mentioned have a staging point(carrier or bases etc).What use is F18 if they have no carrier or land base to fly from? Iran's already promised they'll strike any of the PGCC Sheikdoms that aid the US in any attack..Is that hard to understand?
Heck, they don't even need to strike bases..Just flatten all the oil terminals in the Persian Gulf and NATO's war machine will grind to a halt in no time. This is not some fantasy. Iran has the capability to do this. The US will not attack Iran and is in no position to launch any war sooner or later.You can take it to the bank any day.
"USN Submarines are vintage 1960's"
ReplyDeleteHave you heard of the Virgina class SSNs? They are brand new and each displace more than half the Iranian navy combined.
I really wish people around here would research submarine technology before elevating the Ghadir to some kind of Wunderwaffe. The DPRK succeeded with them once in high favorable conditions. You will noticed that around the world no other country besides the DPRK and Iran are building these subs or subs of similar displacement. Because simply they are limited in capability far below even what a sub-par SSK (like a Kilo, Song or Romeo) would be capable of. Due to its small size the Ghadir has limited or no acoustic quieting (no space for sound rafting, no anechoic tiles), carries a sonar about equal to that on a Helicopter (for comparison the sonar on an American SSN is the size of a Ghadir), has extremely limited endurance both in fuel/battery and provisions, and carries only two weapons. Honestly these things are about as capable as a WWI U Boat.
Anon 10:49 AM
ReplyDelete"This is only possible if the aircraft you've mentioned have a staging point"
I just wrote aircraft carriers as a staging point.You even answered yourself.Aircraft carries and refueling something the US has been practicing for decades.That's what aircraft carriers are for so that the US doesn't use host nations for their operations.
You said Iran has the capability then what about the US? The US has the capability to flatten the Iranian oil fields by the use of missile based submarines.
And another thing you cannot compare Iran to the US in any shape form or color.The US spends a Trillion dollars a year on military budget Iran on the other hand spends a couple of dozen billion dollars a year at the most on its complete military including wages while the US spends a trillion dollars on equipment alone.
The US may have withdrawn from Iraq but they still have the submarines and aircraft carriers on standby and the submarines alone would be able to flatten Iran's oil terminals and ports with a couple of minutes notice.
You clearly underestimate the US navy which could also reflect some of your commanders views which have no experience in confronting a dominate superpower similar to Mr Saddam when he said... "What can aircraft carriers do? They don't have wheels to be brought inland"
And you know what happened to him.
anon 12:32pm...alright, we got it.. The US is Oh so mighty and powerful and they'll 'win' like they're winning in Afghanistan by trying to negotiate peace with the Taliban..;) You want some fries with it?
ReplyDeleteAnon 1:01 PM
ReplyDeleteYou know what you are?
A time waster because if you had a grain of knowledge about this subject you wouldn't be writing such nonsense .
The US is not losing in Afghanistan they are simply trying to get the primitive tribes together so that Afghans can run their own country because the US is not going to give a free meal ticket for ever.As far as I'm concerned that is a success for the US as regards the Taliban.It's called politics something you have no knowledge about.
So stop being a hypocrite because the US keeps Pakistan and Afghanistan two failed states afloat with billions of dollars of handouts.
@ Anon
ReplyDeleteDecember 31, 2011 8:24 AM
Ok, one more time for the slow people.
The Hull is the Cylindrical tube section of a Sub.That protects the inner core of the Submarine the hull can be made of steel alloy skin or titaiun skin. it can be a double or single layer. the Hull also protects the energy and storage compartments of the submarine. The bow is the front of the hull, if the bow is targeted, which is usually where the nuclear batteries and missiles are located. Well, need I say more. this is what is called the sweet spot. Dear gullible one.
Anon December 31 4:47 PM
ReplyDeleteWhat Iranian stealth submarine?
In Iran they call anything stealth because it makes them feel clever.
That mini sub is a lighthouse when it comes to stealth.
US subs can launch their missiles from the deep Indian ocean and Iran won't be able to reach them with their primitive subs and ships because they will be sunk within the first moments of hostilities.
Looks like a circus to me. Did they charge admission because I think I saw the same thing at the Universal Studios Rambo skit in the 80's...
ReplyDeleteAnon 5:24 PM
ReplyDeleteYour right there!
It does look like a circus with all that floating junk and multicolored uniforms.
God help them!!
Iran's downing of spy drones, be it by shooting down or electronically, to these amounts, has 3 U.S.'s and Israel's 4 which will be displayed and made public soon.
ReplyDeleteWith all these stuffs, Iran will come out with the latest and more modern ones of its kinds in the near future.
Iran is ruled by murderers and thieves couple that with their clowning foolishness.
ReplyDeleteLast picture middle man reminds me of a fruit seller I knew in QOM !
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's him.LOOOOOOL !
Just don't get jealous with all those Iran's latest military technological achievements. More and more coming soon at your computer screens.
ReplyDeleteAnd just keep on 'barking' as always.
What technological achievements mat?
ReplyDeleteFiber glass boats with rockets on top basically 1940s technology.
35 plus year old airplanes which are death traps and tanks that are ready for the scrapyard.Submarines that when they start the engines the US navy can hear from 300 miles away!
Yeah mat Islamic regime with their junk makes America very jealous.How pathetic.
Only the pentagon knows very well, why the U.S.'s 'barking' takes 33 long years of dreaming of attacking the mighty Iran.
ReplyDeleteOMG when i read all those stupid comments i get a headache.
ReplyDeleteWhy dont you understand that it is not only about military technology?
It's about how you use your means efficiently.
Iran has weapons which are enough to destroy US in the Gulf. They use the geological landscape to their benefit and a lot of other tools to pressure USA and world economy.
You all speak about war, i will tell you something else most dont understand here.
Actually i doubt any war will take place because this would mean USA and Iran would fight to death and nbody wins. If you look at US history, they only fight enemies where they can "win" easily, like in Iraq which was destroyed after 14 years of sanction. So what is the best US can do? Make a deal with Iran and accept them as a regional power and allowing them to rule the Middle East and Gulf. BUT the US would try to drag Arab Gulf nations into war. So the US plan is actually to drag Iran into a war with Arabs, let it stretch and then kill both, Arabs and Iranians. It's that simple buddies.
But i have news for you, US will never win against Middle Easterners. US got heavily beaten in Iraq and now in Afghanistans, they are clearly in decline...DEAD!
PS: right now USA and Iran are in negotiations, till April it will be decided if there is war or not but i guess there wont be any war.
"If you look at US history, they only fight enemies where they can "win" easily"
ReplyDeleteHave you heard of WWII? America was in it for 4 years fought battles over the entire planet and lost 1/2 a million men.
Maybe Vietnam were we fought for 20 years at the cost of 60,000 men (and still withdrew).
"Iran has weapons which are enough to destroy US in the Gulf."
So? We have only 12,000 troops in the Gulf. The only ships home based in the Gulf are a couple of mine sweepers. Iran maybe able to destroy the US in the Gulf but the US can destroy Iran anywhere. Active and reserve Iran has about a million troops, the US has three. The US has over 300 ships (USN and USCG), and nearly 10,000 aircraft. Iran has about a dozen ocean going ships and about 500 aircraft. America has both Quality and Quantity.
"US got heavily beaten in Iraq and now in Afghanistans, they are clearly in decline...DEAD!"
The US left Iraq in a predetermined and announced withdrawal.
Anyone who claims Iran can beat the US is just spewing propaganda, and is an agent of the Iranian's real enemy: their own leaders.