"The
Iranian Army's Navy has done a good job in designing and building various
types of vessels, and now after acquiring the know-how and experience
the Navy is after designing and building chopper and aircraft carriers,"
Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy for Research and Self-sufficiency
Jihad Capitan Mansour Maqsoudlou said.
Speaking to
the Islamic republic news agency, Maqsoudlou said that the Navy has
also accomplished designing of new vessels.
"Manufacturing
chopper or aircraft carriers may consume time, but inability has no
place amongst us since we believe that WE CAN," the commander said.
He pointed
to the Iranian Navy's major development plan, dubbed as Velayat (religious
leadership), and said manufacturing vessels and submarines of different
class and type is on the agenda of the Navy based on the plan.
The Captain
further named Jamaran 2 Destroyer as the most noteworthy vessel under
production at present, and said it is among the several vessels in the
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Iran's first home-made
destroyer, Jamaran 1, was launched in late February 2010. The Mowdge
Class vessel has a displacement of around 14,000 tons and is equipped
with modern radars and electronic warfare capabilities and is armed
with a variety of anti-ship, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.
The remarks
by Maqsoudlou came as Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah
Sayyari announced yesterday that the country plans to build up a naval
presence "near the maritime borders of the United States".
"Like
the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will
also have a powerful presence close to the American marine borders,"
Sayyari said.
Speaking at
a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988
war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a deployment could
happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
Sayyari had
first declared on July 19 that Iran planned to send "a flotilla
into the Atlantic".
Iran's naval
power has even been acknowledged by foes. In a Sep. 11, 2008 report,
the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy said that in the two
decades since the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the Islamic Republic has
excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique asymmetric
warfare against larger naval forces.
According
to the report, Iran's Navy has been transformed into a highly motivated,
well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in control
of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.
From: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007040435
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