WorldNews Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 [attach=full]18652[/attach]Iran's Navy took delivery Monday of what a top admiral said was a "faster and more agile" domestically produced destroyer which will be used in the Caspian Sea. The ship, named Damavand after the country's highest mountain, is 90 metres (yards) long, weighs 1,300 tonnes and is armed with cruise missile systems, torpedos and electronic warfare equipment. As state television showed pictures of the ship, Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said it would be used to aid anti-drugs smuggling operations and counter-terrorism. The Caspian, the largest enclosed sea in the world, is bordered by Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan but there is as yet no definitive legal regime governing its waters. Continue reading... Quote
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