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BBC News - Iran's 'flying boats' go on display at sea
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have taken delivery of three squadrons of flying craft named Bavar 2', according to the country's state TV.
The craft have a hull which enables them to land on water, and can be used for surveillance.
They were filmed on display at sea in Hormozgan.
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I guess there goes the master plan of invading them with canoes
Holy Batman!
It's not a new idea
it's an up-to-date rework on the Soviet Ekranoplan, borne out by the reverse-delta wing config for exploiting ground effect when it's skipping along close to the water.
Didn't the Soviets have one of these things to transport goods? Rather than using ships for faster delivery?
Planes are so simple....... damned helicopter builds!
Pretty muchOriginally Posted by N4521U
but I think it was for ferrying holiday-makers around the Black Sea
Edit: it was nicknamed The Caspian Sea Monster so I guess it wasn't the Black Sea
Last edited by Colin1; 10-11-2010 at 07:37 AM.
Indeed, they named one the "Caspian Sea-Monster" and it was huge! Ground effect vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That looks to be a pretty small craft, if that's the engine mount on the top then I'd say 1 or 2 crew at the most. Cool post, though.
Derek
Sorry Derek
spent too long in Edit mode...
I think it is so funny how advanced they think they are.
fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"
Its propaganda for the masses. Keep them fed with images of how the theocracy is defending the poor Iranian public from the Great Satan US in hopes that the Iranian people wont rise up and hang them all from the lamp posts for keeping them in the 8th century while the world races away into the future.
Iran and North Korea are becoming more and more the same.
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if
they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.]
Marines don't have that problem."
-- Ronald Reagan
Master of Duplicate Posts
I agree. I just hope that someday the people of both Iran and North Korea rise up.Its propaganda for the masses. Keep them fed with images of how the theocracy is defending the poor Iranian public from the Great Satan US in hopes that the Iranian people wont rise up and hang them all from the lamp posts for keeping them in the 8th century while the world races away into the future.
Iran and North Korea are becoming more and more the same.
fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"
Me too. Would be nice to see somebody else sacrafice for betterment of their society than the men and women of the western world.
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if
they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.]
Marines don't have that problem."
-- Ronald Reagan
Master of Duplicate Posts
Those things look like target drones. Maybe the designer had that in mind.
They also look too slow to run, to underarmed to survive a stand up fight and too small to be a threat to anything other than the pilot of the craft (or some poor SOB out in the gulf fishing or some such).
In any kind of fight against a serious threat, they're just toast.
If they go up against F-18's or F-35's, they will be.
It the Straits of Hormuz they might be a very interesting option , low radar and accoustic signature . In that busiest of sea lanes ...its a cheap option
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