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"The boats that can launch this missile have a technology that makes them stealthy and nobody could recognize them or act against them," he added.
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Originally posted by proprog
I was going thru the pics of the recent iranian wargame, then I saw a wierd-looking fast boat. I share the pic with you guys.
things I noticed about this boat:
1.I can see the periscope on the top, that will stick out of the water once the boat is submerged into the water.
2.The water splash behind the boat is pointing to a much powerful engine.
3. tubes on the hull, reminded me of tubes on top of iranian-made midget sub
4. three(3) crew members
I am suspecting it to be a submersible fast torpedo boat.
but someone else on another forum speculated it to be a hydrofoil.
this may very well be the stealthy boat, iranian naval commander was referring to, speaking after test fire of Iranian shkval missile, called hoot.
"The boats that can launch this missile have a technology that makes them stealthy and nobody could recognize them or act against them," he added.
I would like to know what good does a submersible fast torpedo do?
Is it stealthy? what I mean by that is if it is hard to track the boat til it reaches the torpedo (shkval) firing range?
Is it possible that it could go underwater as it gets within the range of enemy defenses and close to within 7km of enemy ships and fire the Iranian version of shkval missile?
Originally posted by proprog
my guess: as the boat submerges into water, camera is elevated to avoid water, as well as the radar dome.
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The other thing I noted about this was the presence of a hatch that suggests the boat could submerge into water.
Originally posted by proprog
they have to go under water to fire torpedos (correct me if I'm wrong)
Originally posted by proprog
KEEP IT REAL
Originally posted by Taishyou
If those tubes mounted on the sides are torpedo tubes they must be really small, weak, and short ranged. Judging by the height of the crew (I assume they're 180cm tall) the tube is about 2m long. Torpedos are usually 7 - 9 m long. The Schval is 8.2 m long.