Iranian Weapon Roll-Out Continues
Fearsome new weaponry is being introduced to the world stage at a fast and furious pace.
Iran successfully tested a "super-modern flying boat'' on Tuesday and the land-to-sea Kowsar missile that military analysts say is designed to sink ships in the Gulf, state media reported.
The tests came in the middle of Gulf war games that started on Friday. Iranian state radio said the Kowsar could evade radar and that its guidance system could not be scrambled.
The implied threat to oil tankers will not be taken lightly in Washington.
Iran rarely gives enough details of its military hardware for analysts to determine whether Tehran is making genuine advances or simply producing defiant propaganda while pressure ratchets up on its nuclear program.
Although Iran can draw on huge manpower, its naval and air-force technology is largely dismissed as obsolete.
The United States said it was possible Iran had developed weapons that could evade sonar and radar but warned the Islamic Republic had a tendency to "boast and exaggerate.''
The Revolutionary Guards, the elite branch of Iran's military, have been holding their maneuvers -- code-named the "Great Prophet" -- since Friday, touting what they call domestically built technological advances in their armed forces.
But some experts say it appears some of the technology has come from other countries, possibly Russia, and some experts also have questioned just how adept the missiles are at evading radar.
It is remarkable how seamlessly the anti-Russia info-op fits into the larger anti-Iran program. Synergies like this can enhance value in such an enterprise, credibility being the currency in psy-ops.
We will not have to wait long for the next installment in this saga, Iran plans to announce another new weapon, a missile, this afternoon.
11 Comments:
So what do u say Monsieur Effwit...are we going for it or is this just all but a part of a sable rattling poker bluff?
M1:
It's a bluff, all the preposterous details are the giveaway.
But the American public will buy it. That's why we are seeing it played up in the media.
Oh, sorry. I meant, are we really gonna smash Iran or are we just rusing them into thinking so? What's your take?
M1:
An attack would be a pretty counter-productive thing when viewed by the international community. Not that W and cronies care about that.
The effort being made to sell the American public on the danger of the Iranian bomb leads me to think that serious consideration is being made to hitting them.
It would, of course, be operationally better to hit them out of the blue, with no warning to the world. But the American public, and the important financial sector, would likely react adversely to a sudden move. A little warning to the American people (and attempts to gain domestic support for such a move) is worth tipping Iran to the plan.
Of course, that may be the whole idea of the info-op. ;-)
I wish I knew the real story. The silence from the U.S. military is not re-assuring to anyone hoping against a strike.
Are you a god damn politician? Just a Yes or a No will suffice. Where would you bet your welfare cheque - Attack or nor attack this year?
M1:
LOL
No strike.
Just a gut feel.
M1:
One makes better decisions by throwing the I Ching, or even using the Magic 8-Ball, than by thinking with one's dick.
Good call, though, on the black tea sans sweetener. You must be using your newfangled surveillance gizmo.
No gizmo, I just know the feng shui-ish M.O. of your average Pinko. ;)
M1:
Not wearing Birkenstocks must count for something.
Makes u a meat-eating Pinko in my Book of Harsh Judgment
M1:
Confidence is not high for those details.
Post a Comment
<< Home