IRGC -TESTFIRE ANTI SHIP MISSILE sunburn?

[Flavius22]

http://www.youtube.com/v/O1yWjArzlPY

[khukuri]

thanks!---------------------

[Hellfish]

Its as Styx, not a Sunburn.

[urchin]

looks like the second shot missed its target or at least did not hit directly .

[nagant_m44]

Its as Styx, not a Sunburn.

Isnt it a silkworm? I don't think Iran has any russian missiles.

[Hellfish]

Isnt it a silkworm? I don't think Iran has any russian missiles.

Yeah, might be now that I think about it.

[ShotOver]

Wouldnt mind seeing it up against a CIWS, NULKA Decoy, SRBOC (Chaff) or the Anti-Missile defence system that throws up smaller missiles to intercept the incomming ASM.

[usa320]

1960's technology FTw!2131

[John_J]

1960's technology FTw!2131

x2... and actually the second rocket bounced of the ship. Very useful technologyp-)

[F-14A]

IRGC -TESTFIRE ANTI SHIP MISSILE sunburn?
Indeed that wasn't Sunburn.
In news it was described as SNN-4
Looks like HY-2 type system (modified in Iran)


looks like the second shot missed its target or at least did not hit directly .
In both shots the Missile hits exactly dead centre and pass through the marker target on ship (its a Mast that been added to ship target)

[-=P=-]

Thats the Raad. Those who know what the Raad is, also know that its not 60`s tech.

All hits were direct hits, different perspective. 20 of those coming in front of your ship isnt a good situation.

[Robsto]

Old as it is, and as powerfull as ciws is, enough of these will make ur lucky charms soggy!

Shame they dont have the ability to target them correctly.

[Stu B]

If hezbollah could target theirs correctly I'm sure the Iranian armed forces can. As long as they have radars operating they can target the missiles. The Iranians seem to put a lot of their resources into anti ship missiles so they must have a lot of people training on them.

[JoaMei]

They may be not very modern and easy to intercept for modern Systems....

But they are good enough to kill a Supertanker in the Gulf and thats what they are meant for!

[artinist]

it can also be the chinese c-802 or a copy of it. which in turn is probably an attempted copy of the sea skimming harpoon missle.

[nagant_m44]

it can also be the chinese c-802 or a copy of it. which in turn is probably an attempted copy of the sea skimming harpoon missle.

the missile in the video is definately not a c-802. Its a silkworm. Iran does have the c-802 though. Supposedly, they have a few Moskits as well. (Its only a rumor though)

[Robsto]

If hezbollah could target theirs correctly I'm sure the Iranian armed forces can. As long as they have radars operating they can target the missiles. The Iranians seem to put a lot of their resources into anti ship missiles so they must have a lot of people training on them.


What kind of radar coverage do Iran have over the gulf? and when i say over i mean, of surface vessels. If they have coverage of the gulf then they can target the vessels, they only have to know which vessel is the target out of all the blips. Which would involve geting a Snooper or Probe aircraft on the search, goodluck in taking air dominance from the US.

[Stu B]

They could probably use some of their drones and older aircraft with kamikaze pilots who don't mind a one way trip. I think in any conflict with the US Iran would have problems protecting their radar sites, in the early days of a conflict though I'm sure they would do some damage before their radars are blasted.

[Robsto]

They could probably use some of their drones and older aircraft with kamikaze pilots who don't mind a one way trip. I think in any conflict with the US Iran would have problems protecting their radar sites, in the early days of a conflict though I'm sure they would do some damage before their radars are blasted.

I would say that im fairly confident that the US also has sufficient Jamming abilities to stop any radio traffic from Probe aircraft or Drones. Simple problem is to engage the right surface unit you have to get into visual range (be it mk1 eyeball or Electro Optics) And just about every weapon system on a ship can work at this range.

But in the hypothetical situation that the information was returned to IRAN, its not hard for a ship to change course and not be where its supposed to be, especially if decoys are used.

[artinist]

They could probably use some of their drones and older aircraft with kamikaze pilots who don't mind a one way trip. I think in any conflict with the US Iran would have problems protecting their radar sites, in the early days of a conflict though I'm sure they would do some damage before their radars are blasted.

what kamikaze pilots? are nuts? the pilots in iran are all educated decent folks unlike the few religios fanatics who are in charge in the government.

[Stu B]

I don't mean kamikaze in the jap ww2 sense, I mean volunteer pilots in expendable aircraft who know their chances of returning after they have helped target a ship are minimal. I know that US navy has excellent defence against anti ship missiles but it is quite plausible that Iran could get a couple to hit their mark.