Seyed Mahmood Mousavi

New submarines to join Iran naval fleet

The Islamic Republic of Iran is set to equip its naval fleet with new domestically-manufactured submarines, Iranian Navy Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi said, Press TV reported with reference to IRNA.

"The new submarines, built by the committed Iranian experts, will join the naval combat fleet," after being tested during upcoming military exercises, Mousavi told.

The drills will test the capabilities and efficiencies of the new submarines, he further explained.

Rear Admiral Mousavi went on to say that the country's naval force seeks to diversify the maneuvers in order to enhance its defense potential.

To achieve this aim, Iran's Navy is ready to hold joint drills with neighboring countries, he pointed out.

In the latest round of the Islamic Republic's joint naval drills, Iran and Oman held a joint naval relief and rescue drill in the north of Omani Sultan Qaboos Port in February.

The naval drill was aimed at enhancing readiness for providing relief services, rescue operations, and the level of regional cooperation.

Since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the country has embarked on a campaign for self-sufficiency in the defense industry and launched numerous military projects.

Last year in February, the Iranian Navy unveiled its first domestically-manufactured destroyer, Jamaran, in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

The 1,420-ton destroyer, equipped with modern radars and other electronic warfare capabilities, patrols the southern waters of the Persian Gulf.

In January, Iran successfully test-fired the mid-range, surface-to-air Hawk missile, and the Iranian Defense Ministry delivered new cruise missile systems to the Navy.

The systems, designed and manufactured by Iranian experts, are capable of spotting and destroying different targets at sea.

Iran building oceangoing warships: DM | Wikileaks Online News

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced on Saturday that the country is manufacturing oceangoing warships to enhance the Navy’s power outside Iran’s territorial waters.

"We, at the defense ministry, are moving in two lines (in building) oceangoing ships. One pertains to the warships which are being produced now and are capable of sailing in the oceans," Vahidi told reporters in the Central city of Isfahan.

Manufacturing large destroyers is on our other line of action at the defense ministry, he added.

Iran dispatched its first home-made oceangoing ship named ‘Iran Alborz’ to its first mission in August 2009.

Iran Alborz, which is civilian vessel, is capable of carrying 2,200 containers and weighs around 20,000 tons.

The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) has announced that it plans to build five oceangoing ships, each 100 meters in length and 34 meters in width.

In recent years, Iran has made giant progress in building naval vessels.

A senior Iranian Navy commander announced earlier this year that the Navy plans to boost production of different types of home-made vessels.

"Martyr Tajvidi Shipbuilding Industries has plans for production as well as repair and maintenance of ships and vessels in future in a bid to prevent withdraw of foreign currency from the country’s treasury," Commander of the Army’s 4th naval zone Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi said.

"Right now, about 95% of the vessels needed by the country are built in Martyr Tajvidi Industries," Mousavi mentioned, adding that the Defense Ministry has created good capacities in its affiliated industries.

He further reiterated that increasing plans for vessel manufacturing is a main mission of the country’s shipbuilding industries.

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