Zitat:...1998 - There are reports that China has bought around 40 Shkval torpedoes from Kazakhstan, posing a possible threat to American naval forces if they face a battle with China in the Taiwan Strait. Some reports also say the Shkval has been sold to Iran....

Zitat:...The most nervous denizens of the Pentagon about a possible U.S. strike on Iran are the admirals, who fear placing their beloved carriers in harm's way in the constricted waters of the Persian Gulf. Now they have a new cause for concern; Iran has opened a torpedo production line in order to strengthen its maritime defense capability as the Bush administration escalated its threats against Iran.
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No details were given of the torpedo production, but Western analysts nervously note that Iran is known to have acquired a number of Russian VA-111 supercavitating Shkval torpedoes, specifically designed to destroy aircraft carriers, and are worried that the Iranians now might be producing their own indigenous version. The 27-foot Shkval is potentially one of Russia's most lucrative arms exports.
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Zitat:...The Russian Navy is the primary user of the Shkval. A downgraded Shkval, the Shkval-E went to an international arms fairs in 1995, and both China, Iran and France have been known to have acquired limited numbers of Shkvals. The Russian press has claimed that the technology of the Shkval cannot be reverse-engineered and thus the Russian Navy is marketing the export variant aggressively....

Zitat:Pakistan, Iran to conduct joint naval exercises

Islamabad, March 6: Pakistan and Iran, which enjoy "long-standing brotherly" relations, will carry out joint naval exercises aimed at further strengthening ties between the navies of the two countries.

"This, apart from a good opportunity for personnel of two navies to benefit from each other's experiences, also provides an arena to improve upon naval procedures and doctrines," a Pakistan navy statement here said.

The Iranian naval ships Iris Bandar Abbas and Iris Larak will hold joint exercises with Pakistani navy, it said.

Earlier, Iranian navy officials visited Pakistan and held meetings with high-ranking naval authorities and discussed matters of common interest, the statement said, adding Iranian officials visited various training and operational units of Pakistan navy and participated in different sports activities.

Zitat:Jo das mag sein, aber bei 4-6Mrd.$ pro Jahr muss man gucken wo man bleibt... (3 Kilos haben ca. 750Mio$ gekostet)

Zitat:Glaube kaum das Irans Wehretat so niedrig ist das würde doch niemals für diese Masse an Armee und Entwicklungen/Beschaffungen reichen....Offiziell behaupten die Mollahs das vllt aber Offiziel baut der Iran ja auch keine Atombombe

Zitat:Tehran producing sub

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran officially launched production of the country's first Iranian-built submarine, a craft capable of operating stealthily, state-run television reported.
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One submarine has apparently already been built and was shown on television Tuesday, cruising at sea level. The Defence Ministry has commissioned an unspecified number of the craft, dubbed Ghadir in honour of a site in the Arabian peninsula that is holy to Shiite Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Iran's 69 million people.

The submarine, capable of operating in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, can launch both missiles and torpedoes at the same time, the television reported, without specifying the range of the projectiles.
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Zitat:One submarine has apparently already been built and was shown on television Tuesday, cruising at sea level.

Zitat:One submarine has apparently already been built and was shown on television Tuesday, cruising at sea level.

Zitat:Iran has developed advanced cannons, missiles

LONDON, May 15 (IranMania) - Commander of the Navy Rear Admiral Abbas Mohtaj said on Saturday Iran has developed advanced cannons and different types of missiles.
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The Navy commander explained that Unity-84 Wargames were held in an area covering 12,000 square miles in the Sea of Oman and the free waters of northern Indian Ocean.

“In this drill, the surface, undersea and aerial units of the Navy displayed their might and grandeur,“ he said.

Mohtaj also said that the exercise served as the yardstick for testing the abilities of local forces in the design, manufacture and mass production of undersea vessels. “We successfully launched torpedoes from land and undersea, as well as undersea-to-undersea torpedoes,“ he said.