Bradstone Challenger. The IRIN would be able to rig the British-built speedboat into a bomb-laden suicide vessel, so that they can sink a CVN in the Strait of Hormuz USS Cole style.
Map of the Persian Gulf.
Bradstone Challenger. The IRIN would be able to rig the British-built speedboat into a bomb-laden suicide vessel, so that they can sink a CVN in the Strait of Hormuz USS Cole style.
Map of the Persian Gulf.
They’ll probably get the diapers on their heads and their dresses caught in the screws.
From what I have read, they are planning to use these boats as platforms to launch supercavalating torpedoes, then ram the boats into the carriers themselves.
I’m sure that a multi-square-meter target closing at more than 60 mph will prove a daunting challenge to, um....
I am not worried.
If CWIS can hit a missle inbound at Mach 3, it can hit a speedboat 100+ times the size of that missle traveling at 70 knots.
This is not to minimize the danger of being hit with an explosives laden boat, but our crews will be on the lookout, so this won’t be a surprise, and a few of those 20mm shells crashing into the piles of explosives might make driving the boat a risky proposition.
Just a tad slower than the Phalanx system.
I hope we will soon learn more about how THAT happened (or not, as long as the situation "resolves" itself).
The boat is British-made. That means SOMEONE in Britain is primarily responsible for the Iranians obtaining it. That "someone" COULD soon meet with an unfortunate accident, as could the individual(s) in South Africa who actually released the boat to the Iranians.
Also, the boat itself COULD meet with an unfortunate accident. If it is in the water, it COULD develop a bunch of sudden leaks. If it is in a warehouse, the warehouse COULD accidentally catch fire.
Such "unfortunate" accidents, which coincidentally helped the positions of the United States and its allies, USED to happen all the time.
I miss those days...
I’m thinking a radar controlled 20mm chain gun firing HEAP, HE and AP rounds would make quick work of this boat.
I doubt it can outrun a Phalanx system.
Don’t wait... blow it up NOW
Oh for heavens sakes, why does everyone always think the worst of these guys? Just because they're in the middle east doesn't mean they don't water ski there........
Isn’t this what the Phalanx system is designed for?
I wonder if this superboat is any stronger than the one that was sunk when it rammed a Japanese whaler? Racing boats are usually built light, not rugged. Exactly opposite of what is needed in a military vehicle.