Iran launches its first destroyer
Iranian television reported on Friday that Iran's first home-built destroyer was launched in the Arabian Gulf at a ceremony attended by Ayatollah Ali Khameni. "The first domestically made destroyer Jamaran was launched this morning and joined Iran's naval forces in the southern waters of the Persian Gulf," state television IRIB reported. It did not give the location of the launch.What could go wrong?
The report showed footage of the warship and said it was equipped with torpedoes and electronic radar. The ship is 94 meters long and more than 1,500 tons, it said. Much of Iran's naval equipment dates from before the 1979 Islamic revolution and is U.S.-made.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:24 PM
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1500 tons and 1970s tech. I bet its years before that thing can sail out of the Gulf on its own power. The question is, who would sink it first, an Israeli submarine or the US Fifth Fleet?
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