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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Iran's first Caspian sub will be active in 2015


A submarine Iran is building at Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea will be operational in 2015, according to military sources cited by the Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA).

In November 2013, IHS Jane's published satellite imagery that revealed the submarine was being constructed at Bandar Anzali and that a second, similarly sized boat had already been launched at the Bostanu shipyard on the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials have said a new class of 500-tonne submarines called the Fateh is under construction.

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