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Friday, May 1, 2009

Iran Launches New Destroyers

Pargar Systems, an Iranian navy manufacturer, announced today in Tehran that it has built three new missile-launching destroyers for the IRIN. The Navy has launched the new destroyers. They will be part of the IRIN’s Caspian Sea fleet, berthed at Babolsar naval port [Mehr News Agency, 1 May 2009].

A Pargar Systems spokesman told MNA that the new destroyers are 100m long, 18m high and weight 1,200t and are capable of launching missiles. No other details were reported.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    can you reference the links to mehrnews? I cant find it

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  2. Nader UskowiMay 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?pr=a&NewsID=868773

    Posted on MNA at 118 Tehran's time on 1 May 2009 (11 Ordibehesht).

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  3. Nader UskowiMay 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    Correction: osted at 1118 not 118.

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