{"id":1384248,"date":"2022-03-16T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384248"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:35:53","slug":"iran-navy-gets-smart-submarine-and-yet-more-ski-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-navy-gets-smart-submarine-and-yet-more-ski-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Navy Gets &#039;Smart&#039; Submarine and Yet More Ski Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-navy-gets-smart-submarine-and-yet-more-ski-boats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday unveiled a new unmanned, \u201csmart\u201d submarine they claim can be helmed remotely.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of these vessels, if functional, would be the first time Iran has possessed for an offensive capacity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Alongside the submarines that were unveiled during a ceremony in Bandar Abbas \u2013 a southern Iranian port city \u2013 the IRGC also announced the addition of new missiles and modified ski boats\u00a0 that have a claimed maximum speed of up to 95 knots (roughly 109 miles).<\/p>\n<p>Iranian media outlined its updated missile arsenal includes those that are manoeuvrable with an extended range, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-iran-middle-east-0c179c4af7ffb96bddda3ca3ee2ded6e\">reports<\/a>, fulfilling a boast of invincibility previously made by an angry General Salami.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran General Hossein Salami said he seeks revenge against the U.S. that &#8220;will be hard, firm, regrettable, decisive and complete.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9xWXPX0JEW\">https:\/\/t.co\/9xWXPX0JEW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1214543877518110720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Iranian government has a fondness for modified ski boats, having an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overtdefense.com\/2021\/12\/15\/the-iranian-revolutionary-guards-corps-navy-receives-more-than-100-combat-speedboats\/#:~:text=The%20Iranian%20Revolutionary%20Guards%20Naval,has%20over%202%2C000%20speed%20boats.\">estimated<\/a> 2000 in their naval forces, some with the capacity to fire missiles which Salami has previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2020\/05\/29\/irans-angry-salami-warns-u-s-navy-offensive-speedboats-lots-of-them-and-mysterious-tactics-await-foes\/\">described<\/a> as \u201chell for the enemies of Iran and Islam\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>These vessels are used by Iranian forces \u2013 who believe in a missile boat doctrine of \u201cmobility over defense and firepower\u201d \u2013 to harass larger boats sailing through crowded Middle East waterways, in a bizarre effort to assert dominance in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has also previously threatened that they would use these speedboats to swarm and attack any U.S. vessels that attempt to interfere with their naval practices, regardless of their legality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u06cc \u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0642 \u06f1\u06f1\u06f0 \u0634\u0646\u0627\u0648\u0631 \u062a\u0646\u062f\u0631\u0648 \u0628\u0648\u0645\u06cc \u0628\u0647 \u0646\u0627\u0648\u06af\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u06cc \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u06cc\u06cc \u0633\u067e\u0627\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0631\u0639\u0628\u0627\u0633 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y5f3h7bOmt\">pic.twitter.com\/Y5f3h7bOmt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u06af\u0627\u0647 \u062e\u0628\u0631\u0646\u06af\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646 | YJC (@yjc___agency) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yjc___agency\/status\/1469564429637464067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While it is questionable how effective these boats would be against large military vessels, the speedboats were successful when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-49053383\">used<\/a> to overpower a British oil tanker sailing through the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Iranian speedboats swarmed the\u00a0<em>Mesdar<\/em>, before armed soldiers entered and seized the vessel, which provoked an international crisis until Iranian forces released it.<\/p>\n<p>These tactics have been used against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/iranian-revolutionary-guards-claim-seized-oil-tanker-smuggling-diesel\/6321345.html\">multiple<\/a> commercial vessels, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/10\/iran-frees-vietnamese-tanker-seized-after-us-confrontation\">recently<\/a> as November 2021, but it is unclear what the motive for these intimidatory tactics are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16275236\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/04\/iran-navy-forces.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Iranian Revolutionary Guards drive speedboats during a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the U.S. Navy, at the port of Bandar Abbas on July 2, 2012. (ATTA KENARE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iran has also been accused of taking more aggressive actions against oil tankers in the region, with Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9859593\/Pictured-British-Army-veteran-killed-Iranian-drone-strike-oil-tanker.html\">suggesting<\/a> the Islamic dictatorship had carried out a drone attack on a vessel linked to the Jewish state that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9851443\/America-blames-Iran-deadly-drone-style-attack-Israeli-tanker-killed-two-crew.html\">killed<\/a>\u00a0a British Army veteran and a Romanian crew member in September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the threats of Western officials and those of the Zionist regime [Israel] as propaganda, any move against the interests and national security of Iran will face a tough and firm response, and Washington and London will be directly responsible for its consequences\u201d, an Iranian government spokesman said in response to the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday unveiled a new unmanned, \u201csmart\u201d submarine they claim can be helmed remotely. 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