Iran to launch home-built submarine
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sat 30 Nov 2013 - 09:26
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran plans to launch the first home-built submarine by the end of the Iranian calendar year (which ends on March 20).
The locally-constructed submarine is dubbed 'Fateh' (Conqueror).
Iran has so far launched different classes of advanced submarines including Ghadir, Qaem and Nahang.
In September 2012, Iran's Navy launched the super-heavy Tareq 901 submarine overhauled by Iranian experts.
Ghadir submarine was first unveiled in 2007. The 120-ton submarine has excellent shallow depth performance and can conduct prolonged coastal missions and launch torpedoes.
Over the recent years, Iran has made significant breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.
Tehran has repeatedly assured other nations that its military might poses no threat to other countries, saying that the Islamic Republic's defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.
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