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Hey guys, I don't know did I put this thread on right pages but I'm curious about Iranian's SHAHAB-6. I hear it can reach England...
Is it true?
Is it true?
Sahab-6 is still in development phase and its range is just speculation. We will see soon as it is practicly the same rocket as North Korea Taepodong-2marxist_command said:Hey guys, I don't know did I put this thread on right pages but I'm curious about Iranian's SHAHAB-6. I hear it can reach England...
Is it true?
TEHRAN, Iran -
Iran tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital oil tanker traffic in the Gulf amid its standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear activities.
A worrying development?The Thaqeb, Farsi for Saturn is Iran's first missile that is fired from underwater and flies above the surface to hit its target, distinguishing it from a torpedo. A brief video showed the missile exiting the water and hitting a target less than a mile away.
While the missile showed some technological advances by Iran, its main importance seemed to be that it gives the country another means for targeting ships, along with the arsenal of torpedoes and other anti-ship missiles it already has.
The test-firing of the new missile underlines a card Iran can play in the nuclear standoff with the West — the ability to disrupt oil tanker shipments in the Gulf, through which about two-fifths of the world's oil supplies pass.
Worrisome? Absolutely! Iran has something like 3 Kilo class SSK operating in the Persian Gulf and/or Arabian Sea. Also the Straits of Hormuz form a natural chokepoint into the the Gulf being only 21 miles wide at the narrowest point. Given the recents tests of Iranian designed/built equipment, but the history of the Iran-Iraq war, Iran could conceivably hamper, if not halt completely, shipping into & out of the Persian Gulf. With something like 40% of the worlds petroleum found there, that could get unpleasant... For everyone.kams said:
Operation Praying Mantis... no worries mate!:lol3Todjaeger said:Worrisome? Absolutely! Iran has something like 3 Kilo class SSK operating in the Persian Gulf and/or Arabian Sea. Also the Straits of Hormuz form a natural chokepoint into the the Gulf being only 21 miles wide at the narrowest point. Given the recents tests of Iranian designed/built equipment, but the history of the Iran-Iraq war, Iran could conceivably hamper, if not halt completely, shipping into & out of the Persian Gulf. With something like 40% of the worlds petroleum found there, that could get unpleasant... For everyone.
Well I hope afterwards they feel it was all worth it. Because they would pay a terrible price for doing so and such a move would prompt the Gulf states to allow stageing rights to an American led coalition. Such a strike package would set the Iranians back about four centuries.kams said:Well they don't need missiles to block Strait of Hrmuz, even Artillar can do it.
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Because every gun and every bullet in the world is bought to defend against the US.DragonKing786 said:And American weapons their ain't worry some plz...be more realistic .. Iran see's them as threats also, if US is worried don't go their it's that simple pump ur own oil
Easy in those shallow but warm waters? I don't think so... With all the trafic in the gulf and poor sound propagation for active sonars, it is pretty hard to find an SSK lurking around with surface ships.USN and allied FFG/DDGs are designed to handle incoming missiles and to track enemy SSKs, especially easy in the shallow Gulf waters
Aren't SSK's vulnerable to spotting from the air in shallow waters?DoC_FouALieR said:Easy in those shallow but warm waters? I don't think so... With all the trafic in the gulf and poor sound propagation for active sonars, it is pretty hard to find an SSK lurking around with surface ships.
The most important threat for a sub remains a sub.
But the task of a Irani Kilo (targeting USN ships) is still hard, for the same reasons, the traffic make the detection and classification harder and a weapon can easily target a civilian vessel.
I think subs usually are vulnerable to detection in shallow water. Having said that, from what I remember the Persian Gulf has some funny acoustic properties so it sort of cancels out...Grand Danois said:Aren't SSK's vulnerable to spotting from the air in shallow waters?
In the case of similar confined seas, but in non arid climate regions ie the Baltic Sea, you also have a halocline, as fresh water flows out through the Straits of Denmark on top of the denser saline sea water. Though, most of the time the spring layer of the halocline is superpositioned with the thermocline spring layer, enhancing the barrier.Todjaeger said:I think subs usually are vulnerable to detection in shallow water. Having said that, from what I remember the Persian Gulf has some funny acoustic properties so it sort of cancels out...
And I believe it is the properties of deep water, namely the thermocline where water temp changes rapidly in a short space that is the main advantage. With the change in temp the acoustics change, much like if you try and pass sound through two different barriers. I could be wrong though.
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Hmm... That I don't know, what is the clarity of the water? In the Caribbean, the water is virtually clear, to the point where depth perception is deceptive, not sure how the Gulf compares to that.Grand Danois said:I was thinking of visual spotting from aircraft...
I think I read somewhere that subs could be seen from the air on depth of around a 100 meters and that the colour had influence on this...Todjaeger said:Hmm... That I don't know, what is the clarity of the water? In the Caribbean, the water is virtually clear, to the point where depth perception is deceptive, not sure how the Gulf compares to that.
What might be possible is detection of the wake from a sub close to the surface, though I'm not sure if a satellite is needed for that or not. Also, again given the sea traffic in the area, there might be too many wakes from other vessels.
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Regarding visual detection of a sub from the air, it all depends on what's in the water. I doubt a sub on the bottom of the shipping channel in NY Harbour would be able to be seen, unless the periscope or conning tower is above the surface. Then again, that's NY Harbour where all sorts of strange things are in the water... Does anyone know how far light will penetrate in the Persian Gulf?Grand Danois said:I think I read somewhere that subs could be seen from the air on depth of around a 100 meters and that the colour had influence on this...
Good idea with the wake detection! IIRC shipbased radars can pick up wakes from ships, but they are filtered out...