Iran’s navy unveiled a domestically produced destroyer it said is capable of launching cruise missiles and detecting a variety of military objects including vessels, drones, helicopters, submarines and aircraft.
The new Iranian warship, dubbed the Deylaman, is 95 meters (312 feet) long and 11 meters (36 feet) wide. It is reportedly capable of reaching 30 knots (56 kilometers or 35 miles per hour) while repelling air, surface and subsurface threats. It will join Iran's Caspian Sea fleet, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday.
The Deylaman was introduced during a ceremony at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian coastline, attended by Iran's army commander Abdolrahim Mousavi, navy commander Shahram Irani and armed forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, among other officials.