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The design has been compared to the Chinese Type 22 missile boat and the Taiwanese Tuo Chiang class. According to Iranian officials, these warship's have hulls that are made of aluminum instead of the regular steel which decreases their weight. The use of aluminum is an innovation in the Iranian shipbuilding industry, adopted in past few years. [1]
Iran Ghadir class — — 2007 onward: 125 tons Midget submarine: Southern Fleet: Iran 20 in service Nahang class: IRIS Nahang 1: XXX: 2006: 115 tons Midget submarine: Southern Fleet: Iran Frigates (7/8) Class Picture Boat No. Commissioned Displacement Type Fleet Origin Status Alvand class: IRIS Alvand: 71: 1971: 1,400 tons Frigate: Southern ...
The two mentioned frigates have brought Iran's frigate arsenal from three to five, while two others are being built, to be added to Iran's fleet of warships in the Persian Gulf. In March 2006, the navy deployed a submarine named Nahang (Whale), with pictures broadcast by state media at the time showing a minisub.
The warship Shahid Soleimani is also equipped with four 23 mm gatling guns (likely Asef), one 30 mm auto-canon and two chaff dispensers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Commodore Alireza Tangsiri , the Shahid Soleimani -class vessels have been equipped with different missiles with ranges of 200, 300 and 750 kilometers, as well as with a new 2,000 ...
Alborz (2009). In January 2010 the ship was sent to the Gulf of Aden, to protect Iranian maritime interests. [9]In April 2015, Alborz was deployed along with the supply vessel Bushehr (together, the Iranian Navy's 34th Fleet) to deliver arms shipments from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen, challenging a Saudi Arabian-Emirati blockade of Yemini ports from the delivery of such shipments.
Footage released by the Navy showed a ship commanded by Iran's Revolutionary Guard cut in front of the USCGC Monomoy, causing the Coast Guard vessel to come to an abrupt stop with its engine smoking.
The IRIS Shahid Roudaki (Persian: شهید رودکی) is a warship operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran that is capable of carrying helicopters, drones and missile launchers.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley, which played a role in shooting down Iranian missiles that were fired at Israel on Tuesday. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Zac Shea