{"id":4538,"date":"2018-12-05T22:18:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T22:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2018-12-05T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T22:18:20","slug":"iran-adds-2-mini-subs-to-naval-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/12\/05\/iran-adds-2-mini-subs-to-naval-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN ADDS 2 MINI SUBS TO NAVAL FLEET"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Navy Times<\/p>\n

By Nasser Karimi, The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s navy has acquired two new mini submarines designed for operations in shallow waters such as the Persian Gulf, the Iranian state TV reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The report said one of the mini submarines \u2014 also known as midget submarines \u2014 was dubbed Ghadir-955 and was built in 18 months. The other, a previously built Ghadir-942, took 10 months to overhaul.<\/p>\n

The subs have sonar-evading technology and can launch missiles from under water, as well as fire torpedoes and drop marine mines, the TV said. Iran began manufacturing Ghadir subs in 2005. The first was unveiled in 2007 and by 2012, five such submarines were incorporated into Iran’s navy.<\/p>\n

Midget submarines weigh less than 150 metric tons and are used for short missions, with no living accommodations for a crew of up to nine.<\/p>\n

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Read more at: https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/11\/29\/iran-adds-2-mini-submarines-to-naval-fleet\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: Navy Times By Nasser Karimi, The Associated Press Iran\u2019s navy has acquired two new mini submarines designed for operations in shallow waters such as the Persian Gulf, the Iranian state TV reported on Thursday. The report said one of the mini submarines \u2014 also known as midget submarines \u2014 was dubbed Ghadir-955 and was… Continue reading IRAN ADDS 2 MINI SUBS TO NAVAL FLEET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4541,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions\/4541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}