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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Iran's navy to launch 2nd destroyer by 2012

An Iranian naval commander says the Navy will be adding a second domestically manufactured destroyer to its fleet some time in the next two years.

Commodore Amir Rastegari, who heads the Navy's industrial command, made the announcement hours after Iran launched its first locally-made 1,420 ton Jamaran destroyer, equipped with a variety of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles.

"Work continues on a new destroyer. In the next two years, a second Iranian manufactured vessel will be delivered to the Navy," he said.

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2 comments:

  1. Today's Curry County View21/2/10 23:01

    I wonder How well their ASW works??

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  2. Unknown22/2/10 11:07

    According to the "Strategy Page" Iran announced that the new Jamaran would have a crew of 140, and be equipped with anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-ship weapons. At the moment, the Jarmaran seems to be filled mostly with hope and press releases.

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