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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ncrlnk!ciss!law7!military
- From: Jan I Wolitzky <wolit@mhuxd.att.com>
- Subject: Iranian Kilo / Shallow water ASW / Submarine SAMs
- Message-ID: <By0tEp.8pB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:23:13 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From Jan I Wolitzky <wolit@mhuxd.att.com>
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- According to a story on the AP wire today, derived from a report in
- today's Jane's Defense Weekly, Iran is building a base at Chah Bahar
- for the former Soviet Kilo-class subs it's buying from Russia.
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- This site is on the Gulf of Oman, between the Persian Gulf and the
- Arabian Sea, not at Bandar Abbas in the Gulf as previously believed.
- Jane's believes that this implies the subs will be operated mainly
- in the Arabian Sea. How does the mean depth of the Arabian Sea
- compare to that of the Persian Gulf?
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- The report says that a platform on the Kilo that has been delivered,
- not present on standard Kilos, can be used for launching "SA-14 or
- SA-16" IR-guided surface-to-air missile.
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- My Aviation Week spec sheet, from 3/16/92, describes the SA-14
- "Gremlin" as a solid-fuel, 1-stage, shoulder-launched, IR-guided
- replacement for the SA-7 "Grail", with up to 3 mile range. The sheet
- has no information at all on the SA-16. Does anyone else have details
- on this?
- --
- Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 908 582-2998
- att!mhuxd!wolit or jan.wolitzky@att.com
- (Affiliation given for identification purposes only)
- Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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