Submarines - power multiplication (low cost --> high impact)
Philadelphia Inquirer -- November 28, 2011 --Pg. 6
Iran's Fleet Adds 3 Submarines
Image reference: covertshores.blogspot.com
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV said Sunday that the country had added three more domestically built submarines to its naval fleet. The report said the vessels were delivered to the Iranian navy in the southern port of Bandar Abbas. The submarines were from the Ghadir class, of which Iran already has four, according to Iranian officials. This class of submarine can fire missiles and torpedoes and operate in the Persian Gulf's shallow waters. The move is seen as part of Iran's effort to upgrade its defense capabilities amid escalating tension over its nuclear program. The West suspects Iran is aiming to develop nuclear weapons, an allegation Iran denies. - AP
COMMENT: It doesn't take many low cost, diesel-electric, small submarines to close the Strait of Hormuz to traffic by very expensive, very large, slow and vulnerable tankers.
Iran's Fleet Adds 3 Submarines
Image reference: covertshores.blogspot.com
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV said Sunday that the country had added three more domestically built submarines to its naval fleet. The report said the vessels were delivered to the Iranian navy in the southern port of Bandar Abbas. The submarines were from the Ghadir class, of which Iran already has four, according to Iranian officials. This class of submarine can fire missiles and torpedoes and operate in the Persian Gulf's shallow waters. The move is seen as part of Iran's effort to upgrade its defense capabilities amid escalating tension over its nuclear program. The West suspects Iran is aiming to develop nuclear weapons, an allegation Iran denies. - AP
COMMENT: It doesn't take many low cost, diesel-electric, small submarines to close the Strait of Hormuz to traffic by very expensive, very large, slow and vulnerable tankers.
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