Iran Is Mass Producing Submarines

Iranian submarines participate in a naval parade on the last day of a war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year. Ebrahim Norouzi/Reuters/File

Eyeing Gulf Shipping, Iran’s Mass Producing Submarines -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat

Iran is steadily increasing its ability to indigenously produce different kinds of submarines, some of which would likely play an important role in any Iranian effort to close down the Strait of Hormuz.

In an interview with the semi-official Fars News Agency this week, Admiral Khordad Hakimi, commander of the Iranian Army’s 4th Naval Zone in the Caspian Sea, said that Iran is mass producing light submarines and has begun constructing medium submarines.

Although Iran is well known for grossly exaggerating its military advances, these statements seem on the mark.

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My Comment: This is Iran's attempt to conduct asymmetric warfare under the seas .... but my prediction is that these subs will have a limited impact. In the event of hostilities breaking out .... (1) their ports will be targeted, and (2) because of their limited range of operations .... I suspect that these subs will be quickly spotted and sunk. But these subs should not be discounted .... after-all .... we should not forget what happened here.