Iran equips new destroyer with hypersonic missiles
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The newly commissioned Jamran-class destroyer will be part of the Iranian Navy's northern fleet in the Caspian Sea.
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The Iranian advanced Damavand-2 destroyer (IRNA)
Iran's home-produced Damavand-2 destroyer will be equipped with hypersonic, defensive, and offensive missiles and will join the Navy's northern fleet in the Caspian Sea, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said on Monday.
New advanced radar and missile systems will be installed on the fighting marine vessel, which will also see its navigation technology upgraded, the Admiral said.
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The new updates on the Jamaran-class destroyer, which also include weaponry systems, were the outcome of joint efforts between the Iranian Defense Ministry, Navy, and specialized firms.
"All the defense equipment installed in the Damavand 2 destroyer is completely up-to-date."
Manouchehr Alipour, an advisor to the Iranian Defense Minister in marine industries and the deputy head of the Marine Industries Organization (MIO), stressed that Iran's scientists and experts have become proficient in designing and producing destroyers.
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“It took 12 years to build the first Jamaran-class destroyer. Later, the Damavand-1 was built in 8 years and Dena was delivered to the Navy after 6 years. We hope to deliver the Damavand-2 [to the Navy] in a much shorter time. We manufactured Damavand’s initial hull in 4 years, but the process [to build] the Damavand-2 took [only] 11 months,” he noted.
“The reason for the amazing reduction in the time needed for designing the hull and building the destroyers was that we became proficient in designing and engineering destroyers and their equipment.”
Damavand-1, a 100-meter-long destroyer weighing more than 1,300 tons, officially went into service under the Iranian Navy's northern fleet in March 2015. However, the military vessel sank in off the coast of Bandar Anzali in the Caspian Sea after it collided with a breakwater.
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