Posted on 07/28/2020 5:56:45 PM PDT by texas booster
Iran’s three Kilo Class submarines are the most potent warships in their navy. A video has surfaced on social media showing one of them being transported by road. ...
The implication is that at least one of the boats is not currently seaworthy.
The footage shows the Project 877 Kilo Class submarine on a special low-loader. Although the video is undated, it appears current. It has been picked up by Iranian-language media outlets such as the Jamejam Daily, after it was posted on social media. The description being passed around says that it is on its way to (or in) Bandar Abbas, the main naval base in Iran. This is the base for the Iranian Navy’s three Kilos, plus most major warships and midget submarines.
Iran received the submarines from Russia in the early 1990s. They are currently the largest and most potent submarines in the Persian Gulf, provided no U.S. Navy or Royal Navy boats are there. These diesel-electric boats are capable, but increasingly dated. They can carry heavyweight torpedoes and likely have a modest anti-submarine capability...
While moving a submarine by road isn’t unique, it is unusual. It is more often seen when boats are moved inshore to become museum ships, or during construction. The Kilo Class is 230 feet long, 32 feet wide and have a displacement (in water) of around 3,000 tons. So they are not easy to move by road. It strongly suggests that the boat is not capable of being moved on the water, whether under its own power or being towed. Even for routine maintenance they are normally moved on the water. Iran has a dry dock in Bandar Abbas where the Kilo Class submarines are routinely overhauled.
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The next step in their brilliant plan is to drop a sub on us from the sky
Lol.
“All the way to the bottom.”... I am stealing this. I have an offshore fishing boat that I often take friends out on. Many have never been out of sight of land in a small boat and are a bit uncomfortable with it. Nothing like twisting the knife a little for everyone’s entertainment.
They won’t be able to operate it within the gulf and will have to move it outside the gulf. And they will have zero idea how to operate it quietly and efficiently. All they will do is make noises like an old washing machine
Wow...look at that ocean
Impressive isn’t it- AND that is just the top!!!!
Aint Skeered
Hopefully it didn’t rain.
It must be cheaper to take it to jiffy lube for an oil change
the dealership at the dry dock is way over priced
They open the screen door and see where the sun is.
Hilarious
It’s obviously going for a screen door refit.
Marina gas is always more expensive.
Better to trailer it to the gas station.
They probably filled it up with ethanol added fuel.
Let me guess, an old submarine that the Russians gave up? I get the feeling that unless our submarines had an incredibly incompetent crew, those Iranian subs won’t be much of a problem.
It’s hard to do a crash drive on asphalt.
Thanks a ton for the info. It puts things in an accurate perspective.
Not kidding....they update the location five times a day. They mark it on the floor.
Midget submarines?! Don’t they mean “little people” submarines?
That would be totally unexpected! Those wily devils!
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