hatches to reach the engine room, or ... similar to the Norwegians and North Koreans, sites where anti-ship missile canister are installed that only lift when the missiles are to be launched?
Norwegians skjold class
I hadn't noticed before, on the Fateh they added some "handrail type" elements but very low.
Maybe they can contribute to the safety of the sailors when the submarine is on the surface, or are they needed for something else?
since the Loghman would become the first ship born with military characteristics of greater dimensions and displacement to date built in the Iranian shipyards and therefore would competently carry out missions in the high seas and oceanic, it would be appropriate to assign it a double role of...
I go back to the satellite photos of the works in progress at Sahand 74, in addition to what is reported on page 352 and also in the Twitter attached therein, I seem to see that the superstructure that houses the CIWS Katran has been divided in two, now separated by a free area .
While on the...
beyond the first block already known, observing the satellite images of free access, do you notice some aligned elements, which are other components of the destroyer?
reading this article https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/08/17/687539/Commander--Homegrown-Khalij-Fars-cadet-training-ship-to-join-Iran-Navy-fleet-within-next-two-years, it is stated that:
"The commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, says that one of the blocks of the...
Russian site today
"Sources report the signing of an agreement between Iran and Russia on the supply of attack drones"
https://en.topwar.ru/200285-istochniki-soobschajut-o-podpisanii-soglashenija-mezhdu-iranom-i-rossiej-o-postavkah-udarnyh-bespilotnikov.html
the ship is in the initial stages of construction, therefore updates will certainly be made to the project in light of the results that the development of the Iranian VLS will provide
probably the drawing in the center has extrapolated it from what I am attaching
more recently more images of the future destroyer appeared in a video, here of screenshots
Iran's naval forces thwart pirate attack on Iranian merchant vessel in Red Sea
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/08/10/687124/Iran-Navy-thwarts-pirate-attack-on-Iranian-merchant-vessel-in-Red-Sea
At the moment our comments are only guesses, before taking a leap too far it is always advisable to wait for the official presentation of this catamaran corvette, which should be imminent.
I am still of the opinion that they are building, in addition to the Soleimani class catamran corvette, two different types of naval units, one with a catamaran hull here in the photo shown in green and one with a surface effect hull, highlighted here in red.