New Iranian Navy Submarine

[Rokket]

Iran has a new home-built submarine. Yes, "home built" implies something you made in the garage, and I certainly don't want to be rude to an entire country's navy, but that description seems fitting. You be the judge, here's a story from Yahoo News:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/iran-unveils-unusually-colored-blue-submarine-211724188.html



It looks like the Iranian Navy really wanted people to see its new submarine. In a live broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic showed off a new Sina 7 submarine that is painted in an unusually bright turquoise blue hue. So, why exactly would any military want to design its ship in a color that can be easily spotted ? The Daily Mail speculates that the ship's designers mistakenly chose the color, believing it would help the craft blend in with the ocean's waters.

Launched from Bandar Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz, the Sina 7 and two Ghadir-class submarines represent the first wave of the country's "indigenously built" warships, Iran said.
"Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, we have learned not to ask for help from other countries and stand on our own feet in meeting our demands," Iranian Navy commander Habibollah Sayyari said during the broadcast.

"Thanks to the Islamic Revolution, Iran has acquired the know-how to build submarines. No one believed that we would reach a point where we would build destroyers capable of carrying helicopters and missiles in the Sea of Oman and oceans

[OldNoob]

Im not an engineer and the sub is small,,, but it has got to have a huge sonar profile with all that stuff on the deck.

[Rokket]

yes! Water swishing and gurgling around all that stuff. And that paint job! Is tat some kind of art paint with a tinge of neon in it? Maybe they were going for "sky" blue, but generally I think they should look to history.