Iran says it has launched a domestically built destroyer in the Arab Gulf capable of traveling some five months without refueling.
State TV reported Saturday that it had taken six years to build the 1,300-ton vessel, named Sahand after a mountain in northern Iran.
The Sahand has a helicopter landing pad, is 96 meters long and can cruise at 25 knots. It is equipped with surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, as well as antiaircraft batteries and sophisticated radar and radar-evading capabilities, the report said.
Since 1992, Iran has been working to build a self-sufficient military, reportedly producing its own jet fighters, tanks, missiles and light submarines, as well as torpedoes.
Iran added the first domestically made destroyer to its fleet in 2010 in the Arab Gulf. Reportedly Iran has five other destroyers.
AP
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