Iran Threatens To Torpedo US Carriers In The Persian Gulf

Business Insider ^ | January 18, 2012

[Strategy]

Underscoring its desire to keep U.S. aircraft carriers from the Persian Gulf, a senior Iranian military commander today announced his possible plan to ambush the American fleet.

Chalk this one up to more bluster, or part of a mounting back and forth rhetoric headed nowhere good, either way - Tehran plans to rely on its subs.

Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Jihad, Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri told Fars that Iran has the finest electic diesel submarines in the world, and that while the U.S. has focused on Tehran's "astonishing surface capabilities," it has forgotten about the underwater threat.

Amiri said he plans to slip his fleet of subs onto the Persian Gulf floor and "fire missiles and torpedoes simultaneously."

[Vroomfondel]

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[lentulusgracchus]

...and i’m guessing my life would get -very- exciting after that!

Reminds me of what former CNO Adm. Crowe said about the career of the Red Fleet in any outbreak of hostilities with the U.S. Navy: "colorful, exciting, and short."

[ryan71]

Agreed. On the threat alone, every sub they own should be put down immediately.