Iran Trumpets New Naval Warfare Capabilities

The official Fars news agency quoted Deputy Defense Minister and Head of Iran’s Aerospace Organization General Mehdi Farah as saying, ”Our missiles have the capability of being launched from boats with the speed of over 30 knots,” and listing the available missiles as including Zafar, Nasr, Nour and Qader missiles.

The article noted that Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (Iran’s naval forces are roughly evenly divided between a regular navy and a navy under the command of the revolutionary guards), said in May that the Islamic Republic had allocated thousands of speed boats for military purposes.

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