TEHRAN – The commander of the Iranian Navy said his forces will receive new homegrown equipment within the next few months, including a warship, a destroyer, a missile-launching hovercraft and an oceangoing reconnaissance vessel.
Speaking at a televised interview on Saturday night, Rear Admiral Hussein Khanzadi said the Iranian Defense Ministry is going to furnish the Navy with a new hovercraft armed with missiles in the Iranian month of Azar (November 22- December 21). Moreover, the Damavand destroyer and Konarak warship will join the Navy’s fleet in early fall, he added.