The new coast-to-sea missile systems were officially
transferred to the country's Navy in a ceremony attended
by Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah
Sayyari and Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General
Ahmad Vahidi.
Addressing the ceremony, Vahidi said that the ministry's
Marine Industries Organization had put on the agenda the
design and production of long and mid-range coast-to-sea
cruise missile systems and has already acquired good achievements
in this ground.
"These sites have been developed in three types,
including light sites, independent sites and extensive
sites that include target detection, missile launch pads,
radar guidance systems," Vahidi noted, adding that
all the designing and development phases of these sites
have been carried out by the Iranian experts.
Vahidi noted that deployment of these systems along coastal
lines will provide Iran with the capability to identify,
detect and destroy multiple targets thorough a single
command and control center.
Sayyari, for his part, said that the new development
is a major step in fulfilling the relevant orders issued
by the country's Commander in Chief Ayatollah Seyed Ali
Khamenei.
The remarks by Sayyari came weeks after Supreme Leader
of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei
described Navy as "a strategic force".
