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Iran Trumpets New Naval Warfare Capabilities

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:32
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The Times Of Israel

Speedboats can fire cruise missiles at higher speeds than any other navy in the world, commander claims

 
An Iranian navy vessel launches a missile during a drill in the Sea of Oman in January 2012. (photo credit: AP/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)

An Iranian navy vessel launches a missile during a drill in the Sea of Oman in January 2012. (photo credit: AP/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)
 
Iran’s speedboats can carry multiple kinds of anti-ship cruise missiles, and fire them while traveling at speeds higher than missile boats in any other navy in the world, an Iranian defense official claimed Monday.

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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