Search This Blog

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Iranian Navy to Dispatch 8th Fleet of Warships to Gulf of Aden

Alvand classThe Iranian Navy is ready to dispatch the 8th fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden, a senior Iranian commander announced on Tuesday.

"Iranian fleets of warships are sent on three-month-long missions and while mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran's 7th fleet of warships in the Gulf of Aden will end two months later, the 8th fleet is already ready to leave for the mission," Iranian Army's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told FNA.

Sayyari reiterated that the 7th fleet of Iranian warships, which consists of 'Sabalan' and 'Khark' destroyers, is still in charge of securing the area and the safe passage of Iranian vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden, and said the flotilla would continue its mission for the next two months.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.