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Revived Iranian destroyer to be equipped with vertical launch missiles
[ALMASDARNEWS] A recently revived Iranian naval destroyer will be fitted with a vertical launch missile system, an Iranian commander stated, as reported by the Tasnim News Agency.The tub haunts the Caspian Sea. According to the commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzad, the domestically-made Damavand destroyer, which crashed in January, will be returning to service soon and will possess a vertical missile system. "The destroyer has been fully revived and this has been done in 18 months," the commander said on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Depth competition of the 2019 International Army Games on Kish Island in southern Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate on Monday He went on to say that the destroyer has been equipped with advanced radar systems that allow it to reach distant targets. "The destroyer has been equipped with new weapons and we are seeking to equip the Damavand destroyer with vertical launch missiles," Rear Admiral Khanzadi noted. The Damavand destroyer crashed into a jetty on January 10, 2018, killing two sailors of the Iranian Navy. The accident occurred when Damavand was docking at port in Iran’s northern province of Gilan. Hossein Khanzad: 2019-07-26 British navy to escort UK-flagged ships in Gulf strait Hossein Khanzad: 2019-06-25 Iranian Navy commander warns downing of US drone can be repeated Hossein Khanzad: 2019-06-24 Iran: US botched retaliatory cyberattack, faces 'crushing response' to drones Damavand: 2017-03-05 Iran Successfully Test S-300 Air Defense System Damavand: 2015-08-13 Iran, Russia stage joint naval exercise Damavand: 2014-11-29 Iran to launch its first destroyer in Caspian Sea by march Posted by: Fred 2019-08-06 |
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