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Stealth Warship Joins Iran's Naval Fleet
ndtv ^ | December 01, 2018 14:25 IST

Posted on 12/01/2018 6:02:59 AM PST by BenLurkin

Sahand destroyer -- which can sustain voyages lasting five months without resupply -- joined Iran's regular navy at a base in Bandar Abbas on the Gulf.

The Sahand has a flight deck for helicopters, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare capabilities, state television reported.

"This vessel is the result of daring and creative design relying on the local technical knowledge of the Iranian Navy... and has been built with stealth capabilities," Rear-Admiral Alireza Sheikhi, head of the navy shipyards that built the destroyer, told the state news agency IRNA.

Iran launched its first locally made destroyer in 2010 as part of a programme to revamp its navy equipment which dates from before the 1979 Islamic revolution and is mostly US-made.

Iran has developed a large domestic arms industry in the face of international sanctions and embargoes that have barred it from importing many weapons. Separately, a naval commander said Sahand may be among warships that Iran plans to send on a mission to Venezuela soon.

(Excerpt) Read more at ndtv.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bandarabbas; destroyer; iran; sahand; venezuela; warship
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To: ontap

Agreed! (I was just trying to reach a certain character limit on my response.:-) Lol!


21 posted on 12/01/2018 6:59:01 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: BenLurkin
The Sahand has a flight deck for helicopters, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare capabilities

... is made of balsa wood, and can be sunk with a casual shot from a Wrist Rocket.

22 posted on 12/01/2018 7:19:24 AM PST by IronJack
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To: BenLurkin

It doesn't look particularly stealthy.

23 posted on 12/01/2018 7:27:33 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: BenLurkin

and has been built with stealth capabilities


Once the shooting begins, the vessel is nowhere to be seen ...


24 posted on 12/01/2018 7:33:45 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: unread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_frigate_Sahand


25 posted on 12/01/2018 7:42:57 AM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: PIF
LOL!.

We should order a LA class sub to sink it on its voyage to Venezuela as a payback for 23 Oct 1983, and then the account is settled.

26 posted on 12/01/2018 8:08:19 AM PST by Salvavida
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Be ashamed if a meteorite struck it in the Atlantic....


27 posted on 12/01/2018 8:59:41 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: BenLurkin

The US should put a stealth torpedo in it and slip away into the depths of the ocean. The Mullahs would get the message.


28 posted on 12/01/2018 9:05:01 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: BenLurkin

Better equipped than an LCS. More effective gun than a modern US destroyer. (As a reminder: the Zumwalt is equipped with a pair of nice gun for which no ammunition exists, so it’s easily outgunned by the Iranian 3”).


29 posted on 12/01/2018 9:26:57 AM PST by PAR35
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To: unread

The one you are reading about was sunk by the US navy in 1988. This is the replacement. At least scan down the Wikipedia link that you find.


30 posted on 12/01/2018 9:29:24 AM PST by PAR35
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To: WellyP; unread

I’ll see your Wikipedia link and raise with the right one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_frigate_Sahand_(2012)


31 posted on 12/01/2018 9:31:59 AM PST by PAR35
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To: BenLurkin

“...which can sustain voyages lasting five months without resupply...”

Only if it doesn’t get sunk, which I think would be in the first round of shooting if a war broke out.


32 posted on 12/01/2018 9:38:20 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Rummyfan
"It doesn't look particularly stealthy. "

Especially not with that phased-array banging away.


33 posted on 12/01/2018 9:40:55 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Rummyfan

It looks like an ocean going version of an Iranian assault vehicle otherwise known as a 1983 Toyota mini truck with a .50 cal machine gun mounted in the back. Primitive.


34 posted on 12/01/2018 10:48:41 AM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh goody. Another target.


35 posted on 12/01/2018 2:26:28 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Rummyfan

That is INCREDIBLY stealthy.

Once it is on the ocean floor, no one will see it.


36 posted on 12/01/2018 2:30:04 PM PST by Lazamataz (You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
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To: Lazamataz
That is INCREDIBLY stealthy.

It looks like a WWII era frigate with a new phased array stuck on top.

37 posted on 12/01/2018 4:17:13 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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