Iranian Submarine Lost While Practicing To Sink U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Strategy Page ^ | May 11, 2014

[Fennie]

In the Persian Gulf there are rumors that one of Iran's Ghadir mini-subs sank while practicing tactics for attacking an American Nimitz class carrier.

It was believed that a recently built two-thirds replica of an American Nimitz class aircraft carrier would be towed out so the Ghadir could get some experience in how to approach such a large ship and launch torpedoes at it.

The rumored loss of a Ghadir was accompanied by talk of some new stealth technology on the Ghadir. That is probably just rumor as the small size of the Ghadir already confers a substantial amount of stealthiness.

This purported stealth technology is supposed to explain why Iranian salvage ships are not out looking for the sunken Ghadir as that activity would tell foreigners where, approximately, the sub went down.

[Cvengr]

Until they get it right, they’ll keep practicing their suicide submarine attack strategy .

[USAF80]

If the USN suspects that even one slow sub is in the area they will keep the carriers away until its neutralized. The midget subs are hard to detect shallow water. The Norks use them quite a bit and they always seems to evade the ASW assets.

[Smokin' Joe]

Might not be much difference. Lay doggo on the bottom in the intended path of a carrier group, surface under the carrier and detonate nuke. 72 virgins for all.

DE boats can be quieter than nuke boats because there are no reactor cooling pumps. only air circulating fans and crew noises. (of course, that'd mean they could be picked up on passive sonar five times a day...)