Iran self-sufficient in torpedo production

Tue Dec 7, 2010

A senior Iranian commander says Iran's Navy has become self-sufficient in the production of torpedoes and other shore-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles.

Iran's Navy “employs domestically manufactured weapons in its missions,” IRIB quoted the commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, as saying on its website on Monday.

He also said that the Islamic Republic's Navy has been upgrading its military equipment since the end of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Commenting on the Navy's vigilant efforts to deter maritime threats against the Islamic Republic, Sayyari said Iran is ready to cooperate with its neighbors to provide security for the region's strategic waterways.

He added that the country's naval force has expanded its missions further seaward in the face of increasing piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait around the Horn of Africa.

He also said Iranian submarines, Jamaran destroyers, and Sina class frigates are actively involved in the naval missions.

Earlier in 2010, the Iranian Defense Ministry announced plans for the mass-production of coast-to-sea and sea-to-sea cruise missiles, drones, and electronic warfare systems.

The Iranian Navy has so far successfully test-fired an assortment of naval missiles using laser technology during drills in the Persian Gulf.

The missiles include the Nasr, Nour, Saeqeh, Fajr III, and Fajr V, which have high precision and a range of 45 kilometers (28 miles) to 300 kilometers (186 miles).

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/154277.html.