Tehran: Iran will today launch its second home-made Mowdge class destroyer, dubbed as ‘Jamaran 2’, the Iranian Defence Ministry announced here yesterday.
In a statement relayed by Far news agency today, the ministry said that the advanced home-made destroyer will be launched in the Caspian Sea in an official ceremony to be attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, and Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The statement said the destroyer which has been designed and developed by Iranian experts uses the state-of-the-art navigation systems and domestically-made sophisticated defensive equipments.
The destroyer which is the symbol of power and capability of the Iranian naval industry will join the Navy’s subsurface fleet in the first half of the next Iranian year (March 21-September 22) after undergoing final tests, the statement noted. QNA
