Iran Plans To Launch New Home-Made Destroyer

Iran is currently building its second home-made destroyer.

A senior Iranian Navy commander announced on Sunday that the country plans to launch a new home-made destroyer in the Caspian Sea which will enjoy more advanced naval equipment compared with Iran's first home-made destroyer Jamaran, Tabnak reported.

Speaking to Fars news agency in Iran's Northern provincial capital city of Rasht today, Commander of the Northern Fleet of the Iranian Navy Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi announced the new destroyer is presently under construction in Shaheed Tajvidi Industrial Complex in Iran's Northern port city of Bandar Anzali.

"At present, the equipments are being mounted onto the destroyer, and effort has been made to optimize its equipments in comparison with those used in Jamaran (Iran's first home-made destroyer)," Mousavi stated, adding that the new destroyer will use 100% home-made and optimized equipments.

According to official statements, Jamaran has been tasked with patrolling Iran's Southern waters in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, while the new destroyer will be used in the country's Northern waters in the Caspian Sea.

By: Shelldrake