"Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Has Sea-Skimming " Topic
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Tango01  | 08 Nov 2017 10:32 p.m. PST |
….Flying Boats. "Iran has fielded a variety of unusual weapons over the years: F-14 Tomcat fighters hotwired to fire Russian missiles, homemade mini-submarines, and remanufactured Cold War jets…."
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| john snelling | 09 Nov 2017 7:02 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of a WW1 flying boat but, it goes slightly faster. |
| Andrew Walters | 09 Nov 2017 11:07 a.m. PST |
Not impressed. They say this aircraft can carry two missiles, but the missiles they name weighs 700 lbs. I'm skeptical. Even with the efficiency gains from wing-in-ground a fuselage that small is unlikely to carry the fuel for the range they claim, much less haul nearly half the bomb load of a B-17. As for reconnaissance, wouldn't a UAV be handier? I think maybe they invented a manned UAV. These apparently came out in 2010. I think this is another instance of Iran claiming marvelous weapons when what they have is pretty ordinary. |
| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2017 11:31 a.m. PST |
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