MNA On the second day of 'Velayat-97' navy drills, domestically-built advanced submarines Ghadir and Tareq launched Valfajr and electric torpedoes, respectively, in in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean.
Iranian naval forces on Friday started a massive three-day drill, codenamed 'Velayat-97', in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, in an area ...
IMNA Commander of Iranian Army Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi says that Iranian Navy will test-fire missiles to be launched from Ghadir-class submarines towards ships on the water surface in the ongoing 'Velayat-97' war game.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told Mehr News correspondent that missile with different ...
MNA Irans Ministry of Defense plans to design and develop kilo-class submarines weighing over 3,000 tons.
According to Fars News Agency, Irans military forces are set to manufacture a supergiant submarine weighing 3,200 tons, in a bid to enhance the countrys marine defense power.
The envisaged vessel will be 87 meters in length and will have ...
Press TV - Two Ghadir-class submarines capable of launching subsurface-to-surface missiles, torpedoes and mines have joined Iran's naval fleet.
The submarines were unveiled during a ceremony at the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday.
Irans Navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi attended the ceremony which was held ...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV is showcasing additions to its Navy including a missile-launching warship around the size of a frigate.
Navy officials watched as the domestically-produced Sina-7, equipped with anti-ship missiles, was launched Wednesday at Bandar Abbas, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Two new Iranian-...
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy's Ghadir midget submarine returned home from its first mission in the Northern Indian Ocean and berthed at Southern port city of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday.
Upon arrival, Ghadir was welcomed back home in a ceremony attended by Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in Bandar Abbas ...
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran equipped its vessels and coastal defense units with Ghadir cruise missiles to reinforce defense measures in its territories and waters.
"Ghadir cruise missiles have been mounted on both Navy destroyers and missile-launching warships and they are also used as coast-to-sea missiles," Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari ...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says Iran has manufactured a new indigenous submarine, which will be launched in the near future.
The medium-class submarine will be launched in the next few months, Vahidi said on Saturday in the Iranian northern port city of Bandar-e Anzali.
In the near future, we will also witness the achievements ...
Iran news headlines on Saturday include EU's Ashton calling for5th round of Iran-P5+1 talks in Almaty; Iran releasingnew 500 ton submarinewithin the next few months;Iran deputy speaker condemning 2011 attack on UK embassy; meeting ofSaeed Jalili & Catherine Ashtonin Almaty ahead of P5+1 talks andIran investigation ondeaths of two Iranian pilgrims ...
[caption id="attachment_23881" align="alignright" width="300"] Two of Iran's indigenous Ghadir submarines[/caption]
Irans Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Eslami announces plans to unveil the first indigenous submarine within the next few months.
He added that the final stages of the submarines design and construction are currently underway and that ...
Iran today has released two Ghadir-class submarines and two hovercrafts on water, in presence of countrys Navy generals and other high ranking officials.
Irans Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari was among the Navy officials at the ceremony inIran's Southern port city of Bandar Abbas this morning on the occasion of the National Day of Navy....