Azerbaijan, Baku, Mar. 10/ Trend F.Milad/
Iran will soon complete building the second domestically manufactured destroyer, named the Jamaran-2. The work is under completion, the Iranian navy commander Habibollah Sayyari said on Saturday.
Habibollah Sayyari added that other destroyers will be also manufactured, but an exact date can not be determined for the destroyers to join the fleet, IRNA news agency reported.
On October 9, 2011, the Jamaran, the first domestically manufactured destroyer, was dispatched on a mission in international waters.
The mission of the fleet was to provide security for Iranian merchant vessels and commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden.
The Jamaran can carry helicopters. It is equipped with torpedoes. It is 94 meters long and weighs over 1,500 tons. The warship is capable of engaging in surface, air, and undersea warfare.