Optimized Corvettes Join Iran’s Southern Fleet
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Navy received two optimized missile-launching corvettes on Tuesday, dubbed Gorz (mace) and Khanjar (dagger).
The homegrown vessels officially joined the Iranian Navy at a ceremony in the southern port city of Bushehr on Tuesday morning, attended by Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani.
The Gorz and Khanjar corvettes have been optimized in six and four years, respectively.
Each vessel is 50 meters in length and weighs 300 tons. They have been equipped with advanced radar-controlled missiles, anti-surface and air defense guns, modern radars, sea-to-sea missiles, and radar jamming systems that allow them to carry out missions in oceans.
In another event, participated by the Iranian vice president for science and technology, the first Iranian marine engine was unveiled.
The homegrown product, named Makran, is a 3,600 horsepower engine that can be installed on naval vessels.
The Navy ships propelled by the new engine can reach a velocity of 30 knots, twice as high as before.
According to Rear Admiral Irani, all components of the diesel engine have been manufactured by the local experts. He also said Makran will drive the country’s first missile-launching warship.
He noted that Iran has now joined the five countries in the world with the technical know-how to manufacture marine diesel engines.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere, including in the field of naval combat.
