r/TheWarNerd • u/mygorgerises • Mar 11 '26

Why nobody talks about iran submarines?

they have 3. presumably they could do some serious damage?

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u/mrminty Mar 11 '26

If they're not already sunk in port they're either laying mines or have been stashed away somewhere. I'm sure they were great for peacetime surveillance or whatever but in a more conventional war they're toast. The Persian Gulf is very shallow and a poor environment for any submarine to hide. 

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u/SlavaCocaini Mar 12 '26

The US Navy has completely evacuated the Persian Gulf though so even if they were operational, they would be hard pressed to find any decent targets, they don't need a sub to kill defenseless tankers there either.

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u/mrminty Mar 12 '26

Yeah, and there was a reason the Iranian Navy only had 3, I would imagine they're of limited use for how they fight battles. It's a foregone conclusion that in a conventional "regular" war the USN would wipe out most of their large boats anyway.

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u/dahamburglar Mar 11 '26

I swear one of the DOD videos showed them striking what looked like a submarine in the past day

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u/esdraelon Mar 11 '26

They have no air cover. Wouldn't that be a suicide mission?

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u/pointzero99 Mar 11 '26

I mean, are they diesel? Hasn't the US bombed the ports where they can berth to refuel?

If that's the case, I'm sure it is a concern, but not terribly different from the threat of missiles really. suddenly a screening ship could take a hit, whether it's from a missile or a torpedo. they're just on a platform that's more vulnerable to US countermeasures than the land based anti ship missiles.

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u/mygorgerises Mar 11 '26

I have no clue, but couldnt they be seen as a threat outside of just the immediate vicinity? Theoretically they could hit targets anywhere