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Iran showcases its military strength ("Super-Modern Flying Boat")
China Daily ^ | Updated: 09:27, April 05, 2006

Posted on 04/04/2006 10:04:02 PM PDT by demlosers

TEHERAN: Iran successfully tested a "super-modern flying boat" yesterday and the land-to-sea Kowsar missile that military analysts say is designed to sink ships in the Gulf, state media reported.

The tests came in the middle of the country's Gulf war games that started on Friday. State radio said the Kowsar could evade radar and that its guidance system could not be scrambled.

The Defence Ministry was not immediately able to give details of a "flying boat" that was shown on television. The small propeller-driven aircraft floated on a trimaran hull until it took off and flew low over the surface of the water. State television said it could reach speeds of 100 knots.

"A super-modern flying boat was successfully tested in the 'Great Prophet' war game in Persian Gulf waters," state television said.

"Because of its hull's advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can locate it. It can lift out of the water. It is wholly domestically built and can launch missiles with precise targeting while moving."

The military exercise is being held as pressure from the West, especially from the United States, rises on its nuclear programme.

Iran's military technology might not be highly advanced, but analysts say Iran would not need much know-how to cause chaos in vital oil shipping channels.

They say Iran could be testing arms in the Strait of Hormuz, a key tanker nexus, to dissuade Israel and the United States from taking military action against nuclear-power sites.

The United States said it was possible Iran had developed weapons that could evade sonar and radar but warned the Islamic Republic had a tendency to "boast and exaggerate."

Earlier in the war games, Iran said it had tested a radar-evading rocket and the Hoot (whale) underwater missile which could outpace any enemy warship.

On Monday, Iran's Revolutionary Guard test-fired a torpedo it said was being mass-produced in Iran.

"With intelligent missile terminals, Iran is capable of confronting any assaults from forces outside the region," the official IRNA news agency quoted Revolutionary Guards Commander-in-Chief Yahya Rahim as saying.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki dismissed the West's concerns about developments in Iran's missile capabilities. "Iran has never attacked any country. Our military doctrine is defensive doctrine," he told reporters.

Source: China Daily


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aeronautics; aerospace; aerospaceengineering; aircraft; aviation; flyingboat; flyinglawnmower; watercraft; wig
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"Super-Modern Flying Boat"


1 posted on 04/04/2006 10:04:06 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: demlosers
We've been there done that...









Convair F2Y-1 Sea Dart

Circa 1953
2 posted on 04/04/2006 10:04:49 PM PDT by demlosers
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I thought it was a UFO. ;)


3 posted on 04/04/2006 10:06:08 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: demlosers

Hmmm, looks like a little skeet shooting in our future


4 posted on 04/04/2006 10:06:20 PM PDT by bannedfromdu
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To: demlosers
And the Martin P6M Seamaster


5 posted on 04/04/2006 10:08:48 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT)
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To: demlosers

I remember seeing something like this from the Russians years ago. Looks the same to me.


6 posted on 04/04/2006 10:09:12 PM PDT by MarkeyD (Make Love, Not Cartoons. I really, really loathe liberals.)
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To: demlosers
Lots of flat surfaces and a prop for radar to bounce off. I think a Predator could down this thing.
7 posted on 04/04/2006 10:10:11 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
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8 posted on 04/04/2006 10:10:30 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: presidio9

LoL!


9 posted on 04/04/2006 10:12:27 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: demlosers
I saw that video and I believe that POS could be brought down and destroyed easily with small arms fire. I would imagine that our Naval leaders are ROFL over these recently released video's of Iranian systems that the Russians sold them at their many "Weapons Yard Sales" from the 1970 and 80's era inventory of JUNK
10 posted on 04/04/2006 10:12:55 PM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: presidio9

ROFLMAO


11 posted on 04/04/2006 10:13:26 PM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: MarkeyD

Some american inventor marketed the same "ground effect phenomenon" craft.

The russian was the "autophlan" or something like that.


12 posted on 04/04/2006 10:13:43 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: HitmanLV

They're threatening us with the Fantasticar?


13 posted on 04/04/2006 10:14:56 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: demlosers

WOW, maybe we should have these smart Iranians start designing our weapons systems for us?

I wonder if this "super modern flying boat" is faster than a deck gun shell, missile or a phalanx gun?


14 posted on 04/04/2006 10:15:14 PM PDT by garyhope (Simplicity is best in everything)
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To: longtermmemmory
Yes, the Ekranoplan. This one was designed to carry and fire anti-ship missiles.


15 posted on 04/04/2006 10:20:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT)
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To: presidio9

That is....just....wow. LOL.


16 posted on 04/04/2006 10:20:22 PM PDT by M203M4
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To: demlosers

First a super-missile, then a super-torpedo, now a "super-modern flying boat."

The Iranians are starting to resemble a James Bond villain.

Next thing you know, they'll be deploying sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. Be afraid.


17 posted on 04/04/2006 10:21:26 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: demlosers

18 posted on 04/04/2006 10:23:19 PM PDT by Bobalu (This is not the tag line you are looking for.....move along (waves hand))
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To: demlosers

19 posted on 04/04/2006 10:24:06 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
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To: demlosers
Be Not Afraid !
20 posted on 04/04/2006 10:24:16 PM PDT by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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