Navy Commander:
Iran Mass-Producing Submarine Missiles
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Commander of Iranian army’s naval forces said on Monday the country launched an underwater missile for the first time last year and today it is mass-producing it.
Rear Admiral Hussein Khanzadi said that Iran today has achieved the technology to launch subterranean missiles and all its equipment, including the missile, its capsule, and the submarine are completely made by Iranian experts.
The sea is one of the great capacities that the country has, as it is the cheapest way to transport goods, he added.
The Iranian commander said Iran has joint marine borders with 12 neighboring countries, which means that the country shares maritime border with almost 80 percent of its neighbors.
"The sea is the largest source of raw materials and food. A 400,000-tonne ship is equivalent to 20,000 twenty-tonne trucks, which shows that it is impossible to transport oil supplies by road.”
The navy commander said that out of nine strategic crossings at sea from which the goods must pass, two crossings are in Iran.
Most of the world’s energy reserves are located in the Persian Gulf as the region is home to over 60 percent of oil and 45 percent of the world’s natural gas, he added.
Khanzadi stressed that today Iran has the largest fleet after Russia in the Caspian Sea, adding that the Islamic Republic has the largest logistics fleet in the Middle East that with one time of fuelling can travel around the globe once.
"Delegations from Chinese and Russian naval forces are here in Iran today and joint military drills are to be carried out in the near future to show the power of the Islamic Republic,” he underscored.
Rear Admiral Hussein Khanzadi said that Iran today has achieved the technology to launch subterranean missiles and all its equipment, including the missile, its capsule, and the submarine are completely made by Iranian experts.
The sea is one of the great capacities that the country has, as it is the cheapest way to transport goods, he added.
The Iranian commander said Iran has joint marine borders with 12 neighboring countries, which means that the country shares maritime border with almost 80 percent of its neighbors.
"The sea is the largest source of raw materials and food. A 400,000-tonne ship is equivalent to 20,000 twenty-tonne trucks, which shows that it is impossible to transport oil supplies by road.”
The navy commander said that out of nine strategic crossings at sea from which the goods must pass, two crossings are in Iran.
Most of the world’s energy reserves are located in the Persian Gulf as the region is home to over 60 percent of oil and 45 percent of the world’s natural gas, he added.
Khanzadi stressed that today Iran has the largest fleet after Russia in the Caspian Sea, adding that the Islamic Republic has the largest logistics fleet in the Middle East that with one time of fuelling can travel around the globe once.
"Delegations from Chinese and Russian naval forces are here in Iran today and joint military drills are to be carried out in the near future to show the power of the Islamic Republic,” he underscored.