TEHRAN (Fars) - A senior Iranian navy commander announced on Monday the country’s self-sufficiency to produce different types of weapons, missiles, equipment, and plans to construct an aircraft carrier.
"At present, the defense ministry and the navy are both after building military equipment for naval warfare and the defense ministry is producing different types of missiles indigenously and the navy’s missiles needs are met by internal capabilities,” deputy navy commander for coordination Admiral Peiman Jafari Tehrani said.
"Building an aircraft carrier is also among the goals pursued by the navy and we hope to attain this objective,” he added.