Iran Navy to build aircraft carriers

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

The initial designs for building the carriers have been approved and the process of research, design and manufacture will start soon, Captain Maqsoudlou told IRNA on Wednesday.

The Iranian commander pointed to the Navy's capacities to accomplish the task despite the time-consuming nature of aircraft carrier building.

The Navy has set an agenda to produce vessels of different classes, some of which are being mass-produced and others being under study, Maqsoodlou pointed out.

He reiterated the Navy's ability to upgrade the equipment and systems in its fleet.

Since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the country has embarked on a campaign for self-sufficiency in the defense industry and launched numerous military projects.

Last year in February, the Iranian Navy unveiled its first domestically-manufactured destroyer, Jamaran, in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

The 1,420-ton destroyer, equipped with modern radars and other electronic warfare capabilities, patrols the southern waters of the Persian Gulf.

In January, Iran successfully test-fired the mid-range, surface-to-air Hawk missile, and the Iranian Defense Ministry delivered new cruise missile systems to the Navy.

The systems, designed and manufactured by Iranian experts, are capable of spotting and destroying different targets at sea.
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This must mean they are also planning new fighter jets to go with it, fantastic news.

 

[shfgfa]

good news

building with indegineous tech is the best policy

but one question i would like to ask with respect to ur above article
how can a destroyer displace just 1420 ton, this is not even in the category of a patrol vessel.

 

[jamal18]

If they can do it, why can't Pakistan?

 

[GORKHALI]

wahahahahaha!!look not to discourage you guys but this is too much .Here's Iranian A/C blue print

 

[Night_Raven]

The 1,420-ton destroyer, equipped with modern radars and other electronic warfare capabilities, patrols the southern waters of the Persian Gulf.

Isn't the tonnage quite low for a destroyer ?

1000-2000 tonnage ranges is for Patrol Ships / FACs ....

 

[Zabaniyah]

Oh God! I hope they carry F-14s! That is if Iran gets to make them

 

[HZR2011]

Tonnage of the carrier??
and how many war plane can it carry ???

 

[guest11]

Iranian regime is hellbent on fooling it's own citizens. They are yet to master the basic technologies like a decent warship with adequate firepower and an attack chopper which doesn't look like soda can and fires an ATGM. They will much better off if they use their very capable scientific population in some constructive civilian tech than outright military jokes.

 

[Tshering22]

And what fighter are they planning to put on that even if Iran makes an aircraft carrier? J-10? MiG-29KUB? Su-33?


Carrier making isn't easy; China had to get an old carrier and refurbish it, we Indians had to do the same and give 2 more years to the indigenous one that we're making (apart from the working 6 years that was going on in planning and designing). And all that when both China and India have already good experience in making corvettes, frigates as well as large destroyers indigenously.

I think Iran should maintain a coastal aviation arm rather than considering carrier because there's almost no room to maneuver a carrier with USN's fleet stationed there. All the best for them if they can make one though.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Congratulation Iran!!! China will also support you from behind.

 

[kobiraaz]

Pentagon Skeptical on Iran's Naval Posturing

Iranian officials say their navy will deploy ships to the Atlantic Ocean near the U.S. coastlines, but Pentagon officials say they are not concerned.


Top Iranian navy officials said their ships may go as far as the Gulf of Mexico, and Iran may for the first time seek to establish a direct military hotline with the U.S. military, according to reports in the Iranian press.


"We should have a strong presence in all open seas," Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told the Tehran Times Tuesday.

Rear Adm. Ali Fadavi said, "When we go to the Gulf of Mexico, we will establish direct communication with them," according to the Iranian newspaper.

A Pentagon spokesman appeared skeptical.

"We'll have to see what they do or don't do after these statements," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reports in Washington on Wednesday. "Whether they can truly project naval power is a question in itself."

Also, Iranian officials said Wednesday that Iran has begun large-scale production of a domestically developed cruise missile designed for sea-based targets and capable of destroying warships.

Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the missile, which has a range of 124 miles, can travel at low altitudes and "can sink giant warships." The comments appeared to suggest that the new missile could potentially counter the U.S. naval presence in the Persian Gulf.

The West is already concerned about Iran's military capabilities, especially the implications of the country's disputed nuclear program. The U.S. and some of its allies, and as the U.N. nuclear agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, fear that Iran is trying to produce a nuclear weapon. Tehran denies the charges.

The Iranian destroyer Jamaran sails in the Persian Gulf in 2009. Top naval officials in Iran said Sept. 27 they plan to have a presense as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. (Ebrahim Nourozi / AFP via Getty Images)

 

[King123]

Iran should make aircraft carrier.

India-Iran can use joint patrolling by 2 CBG in Arabian sea for any misadventure.

 

[Secur]

Iran should make aircraft carrier.

India-Iran can use joint patrolling by 2 CBG in Arabian sea for any misadventure.

What misadventure do you expect by Pakistan against Iran ?

 

[King123]

What misadventure do you expect by Pakistan against Iran ?

where I said Pakistan ?

World is very big and CBG is used for long distance mostly and not neighbours in most cases.

 

[Imran Khan]

Congratulation Iran!!! China will also support you from behind.

are you talking abut support like your avatar or i am dirty mind?.why don't you support him from front the neutral way of support