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2012-12-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Skidmark 2012-12-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 D *** NG, I was thinking the same thing when I first saw the pic.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-12-01 00:11|| 2012-12-01 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 At first I was like... we all live in a turquoise submarine, a turquoise submarine, turquoise submarine but then I realized that She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah

Posted by Shipman 2012-12-01 03:08|| 2012-12-01 03:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, no gay guys in Iran. Yeah, right...

Posted by tu3031 2012-12-01 03:38|| 2012-12-01 03:38|| Front Page Top

#4 ...What's Farsi for fabulous! ?....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2012-12-01 05:49|| 2012-12-01 05:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Hot bunking Persian style.

Posted by Shipman 2012-12-01 06:22|| 2012-12-01 06:22|| Front Page Top

#6 The Iranians have what they want.
A blue
water
navy.

Posted by ed in texas 2012-12-01 06:44|| 2012-12-01 06:44|| Front Page Top

#7 به نظر می رسد "افسانه"!

Posted by Threater Flusoper9823 2012-12-01 06:58|| 2012-12-01 06:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Some of the comments at the link are worth reading.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-12-01 08:01|| 2012-12-01 08:01|| Front Page Top

#9 That looks like a bath tub toy.

Posted by AlanC 2012-12-01 08:51|| 2012-12-01 08:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Any submarine is a danger. Doesn't matter if blue or yellow.
2 British battleships went to the bottom(in Alexandria harbor) because an attack by 2 chariots called by owners the italians "maiale"(pigs) each had only 2 men and a charge of 300kg...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Alexandria_(1941)

Posted by Phaith Grique4599 2012-12-01 09:35|| 2012-12-01 09:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Just saw this fellow in WWI: In Color

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-12-01 09:37|| 2012-12-01 09:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Does it make squeaky noises if you squeeze it?

Posted by gorb 2012-12-01 09:42|| 2012-12-01 09:42|| Front Page Top

#13 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.

Apparently something was lost in the Farsi-to-Korean translation of the specs.

The Norks paint their version an olive green.

Posted by Pappy 2012-12-01 11:18|| 2012-12-01 11:18|| Front Page Top

#14 The comments on the link are solid-gold.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2012-12-01 12:04|| 2012-12-01 12:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Heh... from the comments...

Does that submarine accept US coins?

Posted by Shipman 2012-12-01 12:15|| 2012-12-01 12:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Iran must now have a secured supply of baking soda to run this thing.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-12-01 13:17|| 2012-12-01 13:17|| Front Page Top

#17 "Rusty Shackleford" in the comments

"OMG, IT'S SO TINY IT'S ADORABLE! Who's the cutest little rogue nation? Who? YOU ARE! Yes you are. Yes you are."

I LOl'd

Posted by Frank G 2012-12-01 13:53|| 2012-12-01 13:53|| Front Page Top

#18 *That* launches anti-ship missiles? Unless the sailors in the Iranian Navy are unusually short (like their President!), the sub is barely twice the size of an anti-ship missile.

And yeah, the comments there are hilarious.

Posted by SteveS 2012-12-01 14:32|| 2012-12-01 14:32|| Front Page Top

#19 The North Koreans sunk a S. Korean _sub chaser_ with one of those things.

Maybe the camoflage will work. If it doesn't, it's just another coat of paint.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-12-01 15:24|| 2012-12-01 15:24|| Front Page Top

#20 Looks like they bought it from the Village People.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-12-01 18:33|| 2012-12-01 18:33|| Front Page Top

#21 Curse you, bigjim!

I read some of the comments. I think I hurt myself laughing....

Posted by Barbara 2012-12-01 19:55|| 2012-12-01 19:55|| Front Page Top

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