Iran launches new destroyer in Caspian Sea

And launched the new destroyer manufactured locally, named Jamaran 2, in the Caspian Sea at a ceremony held in the Iranian port of Bandar Anzali e, in the northern Iranian province of Gilan - Tehran.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, attended by Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, Major General Hassan Firuzabadi, and Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, commander of the Iranian Navy, the ceremony. Can is designed Jamaran 2, a destructive layer Ministry of Justice, and manufactured by experts in the marine industry warship Iranian Defense Ministry.The carrying helicopters and equipped with radar advanced, and systems of electronic warfare, artillery and anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, rockets land ground and ground Joe of missiles.At model ceremony, the defense minister said he will use Jamaran 2 to guard the country's maritime borders and support to combat operations and human and said the drug smuggling.It about 100 meters and weighs more than 1,300 tons, Vahidi said.In addition, The destroyer will undergo tests final during the next three months, and will join the Navy in the first half of the calendar year Iran next was also launched, which begins on March 1 destroyer 21.Iran for manufactured locally, and Jamaran, which began in February Sahand devastating 2010.The in September 2012.Iranian Navy announced it also plans to build seven class destroyers from Sina, which are capable of firing missiles.