IRIS Ghadir
The IRIS Ghadir is the lead ship of a class of IranIan midget submarines.[1] She was commissioned in 2018. She displaces 117 tons, is 95 feet (29 m) long and has a crew of seven.
The Ghadir, and her sisters, are armed with twin torpedo tubes, and can place underwater mines, meaning that, although the USN destroyed almost all of the Iranian Navy's surface fleet, she could still mine the strategic Strait of Hormuz.[1]
Commentators don't know how many Ghadir class submarines have been built.[1] They are described as "very maneuverable", and capable of lying on the bottom, unobserved, in a way not possible for larger submarines.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Iran's Sunken Frigate: What it Means For the Conflict". Warship Design via YouTube. 2026-03-05. Retrieved 2026-03-17.