Now it may look like a tasty morsel, or a pig's head with wings but if it's attacked, it puts out a barrage of light in fact, a barrage of photon torpedoes.

You know, you look at sharks, and they're streamlined, and they're sleek, and you look at tuna, and they're like torpedoes they just give away their agenda. They're about migration and strength, and then you look at the sunfish.

The multipurpose submarines of Kazan , Novosibirsk , Krasnoyarsk and Arkhangelsk are all of Fraxinus M improved type, with displacement of 13,800 tons, depth of 520 m, staffing of 64, submerged speed of 31 knots. All the submarines will carry mines, torpedoes and Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles.

A decade ago, Europe disappointed Iran by withdrawing from negotiations, under pressure from the US a move that some have suggested aided former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s rise to power. Today, Europe will be critical to driving progress, particularly in the event that the US Congress torpedoes a sensible agreement.