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Old April 10th 06, 04:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval,alt.war.nuclear,alt.security.terrorism
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Default Iranian Missiles And Torpedos


"George" wrote in message
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"Juergen Nieveler" wrote in message
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"George" wrote:

But if they can't aim it, it means nothing. They say it can evade
radar. Yeah, who's radar? They're radar is 1970s vintage. Ours?
Highly unlikely.


Extremely likely, actually - Torpedoes rarely get picked up by radar :-)


Incorrect, since we use airborne radar to detect torpedos (among other
technologies, such as sonar) and can detect supercavitating missiles. You
did note that Iran bragged about the radar-evading material they've coated
this thing with, didn't you?


I suspect you are confusing your weapons. I've seen claims of radar
invisibility in relation to the ground-effect craft, but not the
supercavitating missile. The GE craft did have that slab-sided "stealth"
look about it. If the water craft are invisible to radar as claimed, they
would still have to get within a few km of a ship to be effective. There
might be a chance that, combined, the two weapons could get a hit in, before
a ship could get out of the way or deploy countermeasures.

In sh'allah, we will never know.

Aussie Infidel