Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 6
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran has started the arming process of its Sahand destroyer which is under construction by Iranian Navy, Tasnim news agency reported Sept. 6.
The recent released photos show that the Fath naval artillery is on Sahand, according to the agency.
Fath is a domestically built 40-millimeter automatic artillery capable of shooting down cruise missiles. The artillery has a range of 12 kilometres and fires 300 rounds a minute.
Earlier the Islamic Republic Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that Sahand destroyer is 90-percent complete and will be delivered to military fleet by March 2017.
He said the destroyer has a stealth capability 30 percent greater than the previous models (Jamaran and Damavand destroyers).
Since 1992 Iran has been relying on domestic talents to produce various sorts of missiles, radars, tanks, destroyers, etc. as the country has been under international restrictions to buy military object from abroad.
Tehran says its military power is solely defensive and poses no threat to anyone.