(Asien) Irans Marine

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Ein Einblick in die Schwarmtaktik der iranischen Marine und Marine-Pasdaran...und ihre Schwächen:
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Iran Adds Flying Boats and Small Copters to Its Aerial Swarms
Tehran plans to overwhelm U.S. warships

Ein Auszug:

Tehran’s speedboats—armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades—are its most famous swarm weapons. The U.S. Navy is trying to catch up to the speedboat threat by adding large numbers of cheap guided rockets and missiles to its naval helicopters and warships.

But in true asymmetric fashion, Iran is complicating America’s response by adding swarms of light airplanes, too. Unlike U.S. Navy with its giant P-8 patrol jets and F-35 stealth fighters costing hundreds of millions of dollars apiece, Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy aviation is dominated by inexpensive European-style sport aircraft priced to move at around $100,000 a copy.

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