Iranian submarines can ambush US Aircraft carriers by laying silent on the sea bed floor and striking with little or no notice.
A source inside the Pentagon, who wished to remain anonymous said this is a “huge concern” for the Navy. “The Navy will never discuss this publically because it pertains to national security”, the official said.
One senior Iranian military commander underlined that the Iranian Navy's subsurface vessels enjoy a high capability to confront enemies' threats, and stated that Iran's submarines are able to “ambush and hit enemy vessels especially US Aircraft carriers from the seabed throughout the Persian Gulf”, according to FARS News Agency reports.
On Wednesday, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Jihad Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri said that "Iran has the best electronic diesel submarines of the world", adding that enemies, the US in particular, are "most focused on Iran's astonishing subsurface capabilities."
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Amiri underlined that significance of submarines are not just indebted to their arms and equipment, "rather the tactical issues are very important", given the geographical specifications of the waters surrounding the county.
GREATEST THREAT TO US NAVY SHIPS
"For example," he stated, "if an ordinary submarines can sit in the Persian Gulf's bed it would be the worst threat to the enemy."
"That is one of the US concerns since Iranian submarines are noiseless and can easily evade detection as they are equipped with the sonar-evading technology" and can fire missiles and torpedoes simultaneously, he added.
"When the submarine sits on the seabed it can easily target and hit an aircraft carrier traversing in the nearby regions," Amiri reiterated.
This was confirmed by high ranking Russian military officials in Moscow by email communication. Russian official have repeatedly warn the United States against launching a pre-emptive military strike against Iran. "The US is war mongering again", said one Russian diplomat, who wished not to be named in this report. "They seem hell bent on going to war agains with yet another nation. Our foreign intelligence services say they can't afford it", he said.
$16 TRILLION IN DEBT
This is in reference to the fact the US is $16 trillion dollars in debt. The national debt is a very serious issue the Obama administration is simply ignoring as a national security threat to the United States. "The Administration and Congress are stupid to think we can afford to go to war again anywhere in the world. We have generational debt right now which they have not addressed in any meaningul way, beside passing legislation to raise the debt limit of the country. This is beyond irresponsible" says Vincent Roamer of Charlotte, a economics major at the University of North Carolina.
IRANIAN SUBMARINE FORCE
Iran's submarine force currently consists of three Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines (Tareq 901, Noor 902, Yunes 903), one 500-ton Nahang and four 120-ton Yono-class (also referred to as Qadir or Ghadir-class) midget submarines.
The Iranian Navy plays a critical strategic role in Iran's national security architecture due to Tehran's reliance on the Persian Gulf for trade and security.
The Iranian naval forces also operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea and, possibly, the Indian Ocean.
"It is not know how many mini submarines the Iranian have available to them…This is one aspect the US intelligence community is completely in the dark on", said one CIA official who wished not to be identified in this report.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ
The Persian Gulf separates the Iranian landmass from the Arabian Peninsula and is connected to the Gulf of Oman through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most strategically located waterways in the world.[ The Strait is about 120 miles long, 60 miles wide at the eastern, and 24 miles wide at the western end, with a complex system of narrow shipping lanes (about 2 miles) separated into outbound and inbound traffic.
A considerable proportion of the world's oil exports pass through this waterway and its critical role is amplified by the limited capacity of alternative energy routes. "It is water ways controlled by the Iranians, because it lays off their coast", said Quinne Finster of Charlotte, a political and international affairs expert.
Currently, two main overland routes connect Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea: the East-West Pipeline (Petroline) and the Abqaiq-Yanbu natural gas pipeline.
Earlier this month, Iranian Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi called on the US to avoid sending back its military ships and aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf after Iran's naval drills forced Washington to bring one of its carriers out of the strategic region.
Speaking on the sidelines of the naval parades in the Sea of Oman at the end of Velayat 90 massive naval drills, Salehi said that the US brought the aircraft carrier out of the Persian Gulf and the vessel passed through the Strait of Hormoz and stationed in the Sea of Oman before the start of Iran's naval drills.
"This was done as a provocative act", says Mark Jason of Charlotte, N.C. "The US is asking for trouble in this case by provoking the Iranians. Which is completely stupid from both a military and economic standpoint", he said.
As regards Iran's reaction to the vessel's redeployment, Salehi stated, "We advise, warn and recommend them (US Navy) not to return this carrier to its previous location in the Persian Gulf."
ONE WARNING ONLY!
"We are not in the habit of repeating the warning and we warn only once," Salehi reiterated, without mentioning the name of the US aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carrier Salehi was referring to was the USS John C. Stennis, one of the US navy's biggest vessels. "It is also one of the most expensive ships in the US Navy.
Later, US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Martin Dempsey acknowledged that Iran is able to close the Strait of Hormuz, but refused to talk about the US inability to react to such a situation. In the press confefrence you can see the General was nervous and unsure of what to say. "His body language suggests the topic was uncomfortable for him...", says Walter White of Charlotte, a criminal profiler who used to work law enforcement in Arizona.
"They've invested in capabilities that could, in fact, for a period of time block the Strait of Hormoz," Dempsey said in an interview aired on the CBS "Face the Nation" program.
In November, the Iranian Navy increased the fleet of its submarines after it received three more Ghadir-class submarines.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference at the time, Iranian Army's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that all parts of the submarines have been designed and manufactured by Iranian experts.
Iranian commanders had earlier said that Ghadir-class submarines boosted the Navy's capability in defending the country's territorial waters.
The submarine has been designed and manufactured according to the geographical and climate conditions and specifications of Iranian waters, according to military experts. "Iran has very advanced subs which are Russian made and specifically adapted to meet defense capabilities..", says Nathan Brown a retired merchant marine.
The Iranian military officials said that the submarine can easily evade detection as it is equipped with the latest Russian and Chinese made sonar-evading technology and can fire missiles and torpedoes simultaneously.
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