September 28th, 2010
10:56 AM ET

Iran unveils squadrons of flying boats

Iran's Defense Ministry released photos of what it says are its new radar-evading flying boats, the Bavar 2.

Iran unveiled three squadrons of new flying boats on Tuesday, Iranian news agencies reported.

The craft, dubbed the Bavar 2, is armed with a machine gun and carries surveillance cameras, according to a report from the Iranian Student News Agency.

Video: Watch boats soar

"Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the few countries which managed to design, build and use flying boats in a short time," said Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who oversaw the delivering of the aircraft at the Bandar Abbas naval facility on the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz.

The delivery comes as Iran celebrates its Week of Sacred Defense, which commemorates its eight-year-long resistance to the 1980 Iraqi invasion, according to the Fars News Agency.

The flying boats look like one Iran used during Persian Gulf war games in April 2006. Media reports from the time include a video of a flying boat taking off.

After those 2006 reports, bloggers poked fun at Iran’s so-called stealth technology, saying the flying boat looked like something anyone could buy in kit form from mechanical magazine ads.

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  1. shawn

    where can I buy one of these for duck hunting?

    September 28, 2010 at 7:21 pm | Report abuse |
  2. myke c

    what a Funny JOKE This is;;;; where is Sky KING! let us drop 1 A bomb on them;; that should finish them off.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:23 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Russ

    This thing is ALMOST as funny as the cars they're making.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:26 pm | Report abuse |
  4. myke c

    I think Batman & Robin had 1 of these Boats back in the 1960's ;;;ha ha ha

    September 28, 2010 at 7:26 pm | Report abuse |
  5. Russ

    Faster than the speed of smell....

    September 28, 2010 at 7:29 pm | Report abuse |
  6. lee s

    Three apache helicopters would take down all of these from three miles away. Sitting ducks

    September 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm | Report abuse |
  7. Abel

    I did not know Tonka was still in business.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Mark from Middle River

    You know, I think a guy named Charles M. Schulz creatation of Snoopy and a Red Dog House should be able to take these out.

    But seriously ...this is why Iran is so stupid. They could have marketed these to the rich and general public and entered the worlds economy.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:36 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Lawrence

    They are prime to invade our Boat shows everywhere they are being held........

    September 28, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Report abuse |
  10. Jeff

    Congrats Iran you've invented a ground effect vehicle. They've been available as kits in the US for the last 60 years.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Report abuse |
  11. Andy

    Oh man, flying boats!

    I'm pretty sure the US had better "flying boats" back in WWII.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm | Report abuse |
  12. Dave Q

    That plane looks like something Destro would sell to Cobra twenty years ago when I played with G.I. Joe toys.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm | Report abuse |
  13. Nick S

    Hahahahaha good stuff Iran

    September 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm | Report abuse |
  14. GMAN

    Flying boat? Looks like a floating plane to me...

    September 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm | Report abuse |
  15. T-hawk

    Cool concept but not a threat. These things would be like swatting flies out of the air. I wouldn't want to pilot these aircraft during war time.

    September 28, 2010 at 7:41 pm | Report abuse |
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