Azerbaijan, Baku, 17 April / Trend, D.Khatinoglu/
Iranian Deputy Defence Minister and Head of Iran's Aerospace Organisation General Mehdi Farahi announced on Wednwsday that a new cruiser launched by the navy will be unveiled in near future, Fars News Agency reported.
Farahi said that various types in cruisers including surface-to-surface and sea ones are vital to defend any potential threat and increase the war might.
"Some changes have been carried out over previous cruiser types to improve their capabilities and ranges and the new vessel is the result of these efforts," he said.
Iran has produced several types of cruises including Zafar, Nasr, Noor and Ghader. Some of them can be fired over targets at 30 knots. A knot is a unit of speed equal to 1.852 km per hour.