type here...
Home Blog Page 121

Is Iran Slowly Moving Towards Building an Aircraft Carrier?

crazydead
-
0
Is Iran Slowly Moving Towards Building an Aircraft Carrier?
Is Iran Slowly Moving Towards Building an Aircraft Carrier
   Is Iran Slowly Moving Towards Building an Aircraft Carrier?

 

 

Warships capable of carrying aircraft are used by navies around the world, but to date, the Iranian Navy isn’t one of those countries that operate a carrier.

 

The closest that the Islamic Republic of Iran has come to building an aircraft carrier is to “simulate” an American carrier as a weapons test platform.

 

The “Elite” Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) had transformed an old target barge into a large-scale mock-up of that loosely resembled the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.

 

It was used in the February 2015 “Great Prophet IX” exercises and again this past summer in similar exercises.

 

Embarrassingly for the IRGC-N, the faux carrier proved difficult to sink – that is until it floundered in waters in the channels near the Iranian naval base at Bandar Abbas.

 

Now, Tehran could be inching closer to developing a true carrier.

 

The Associated Press reported this month that the IRGC-N reportedly launched a heavy warship that was capable of carrying helicopters, drones, and missile launchers.

 

From the photographs that have been released online, it appears to be a large cargo vessel rather than a true warship.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: Iran acquired new warship able of carrying helicopters, UAVs and patrol boats

The vessel, which was named after the “martyred” Guard Naval Commander Abdollah Roudaki, was photographed carrying truck-launched surface-to-surface missiles and anti-aircraft missiles. It lacks anything resembling a flight deck and instead has a flat section mid-hull that has been designated as a landing pad for a helicopter. It looks less like a carrier than the First World War era warships that were converted into carriers.According to IRGC-N claims, the Abdollah Roudaki is 150 meters or about 492 feet in length, and displaces some 400 tons – significantly smaller than the 332 meters (1,092 feet) length of an actual Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and still roughly half the length of the America-class amphibious assault ships.

Iran acquired new warship able of carrying helicopters, UAVs and patrol boats

crazydead
-
0
Iran acquired new warship able of carrying helicopters, UAVs and patrol boats
Iran acquired new warship able of carrying helicopters, UAVs and patrol boats
   Iran acquired new warship able of carrying helicopters, UAVs and patrol boats

 

 

Iran’s state news agency FARS reports that the naval units of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now have a new warship that can perform various functions, including the transportation of helicopters, drones, and patrol boats and cutters, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

 

The inauguration ceremony of the Shahid Rudaki took place yesterday, November 19, and was attended by many Iranian officials, as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC], Major General Hossein Salami, and IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri.

 

According to the information spread by the Iranian agency FARS, the multifunctional carrier was made in Iran and has entirely Iranian technology.

 

The ship is 150 meters long, weighs 400 tons, and is 22 meters wide. The new combat carrier of the Iranian navy has a three-dimensional phased array radar, which provides the necessary “visibility” of the ship’s crew.

 

For its own protection and for the protection of Iranian troops during military missions, the ship has sea-to-sea and surface-to-air missiles, torpedoes, and an advanced electronic warfare system.

 

According to a number of Iranian media, citing General Ramezan Zirahi, Iran will receive several new Iranian-built warships in the coming months, which will strengthen the Islamic State’s fleet and ensure the security of the country’s water territorial integrity.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: UN resolution condemns human rights violations in Iran

Iran undertakes renewal of its fleet. Although the country has been under a UN arms embargo in recent years (which no longer exists), Tehran has managed to develop its military industry domestically. The country does not have state-of-the-art military developments, but this is expected to change in the coming years, as without an arms embargo, the country will try to buy or work with weapons systems from Russia and China.

UN resolution condemns human rights violations in Iran

crazydead
-
0
UN resolution condemns human rights violations in Iran

UN resolution condemns human rights violations in Iran

UN resolution condemns human rights violations in Iran

A committee of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution Wednesday, calling on Iran to observe human rights for all its citizens, including members of the Bahá’í Faith.

Continue

Iran Named as Top Cyber Security Risk to Canada

crazydead
-
0
Iran Named as Top Cyber Security Risk to Canada

Iran Named as Top Cyber Security Risk to Canada

Iran Named as Top Cyber Security Risk to Canada

For the first time, Canada has formally named Iran as being among the biggest cyber-threats to the country, alongside state-sponsored hackers from China, Russia and North Korea.

Continue

Iran’s Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S.: TV

crazydead
-
0
Iran’s Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S.: TV
Iran’s Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S. TV
  Iran’s Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with the U.S.: TV

 

 

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have added a warship capable of carrying aircraft, missile launchers, and drones to its naval fleet, state media said on Thursday, at a time of high tension between Tehran and Washington.

 

Antagonism between longtime foes Tehran and Washington has risen since 2018 when President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from world powers’ 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: IRGC Chief: Sources of Threat to Iran Have No Safe Haven across Globe

A U.S. official told Reuters on Monday that Trump, with two months left in the office, had asked for the options on attacking Iran’s main nuclear site at Natanz, but ultimately decided against taking the dramatic step. The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. The State television said on Thursday a “heavy, multi-purpose, and long-range warship capable of carrying all types of aircraft, drones, missiles and radar systems” had been added to the Revolutionary Guards’ fleet.“Iran’s Shahid Rudaki warship is a mobile naval city capable of carrying ocean missions,” state TV added. Guards navy commander Ali Reza Tangsiri told state TV that the warship would provide security for “maritime transportation lines, oil tankers, commercial and fishing fleets on the high seas”.A statement published on the Guards’ Sepah News website quoted the elite force’s supreme commander Hossein Salami as saying the 150-meter-long warship “creates wider horizons for our navy to move across the seas”.The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet declined to comment about Iran’s reported move when contacted by Reuters. Iran’s clerical rulers consider the U.S. military presence in the Middle East a threat to the Islamic Republic’s security.

IRGC Chief: Sources of Threat to Iran Have No Safe Haven across Globe

crazydead
-
0
IRGC Chief: Sources of Threat to Iran Have No Safe Haven across Globe
IRGC Chief Sources of Threat to Iran Have No Safe Haven across Globe
  IRGC Chief: Sources of Threat to Iran Have No Safe Haven across Globe

 

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami warned that Iran’s response to any threat to its vital interests would not be confined to a specific region.

 

The IRGC would not restrict its activities to a specific geographical region when it comes to protecting Iran’s security and vital interests, Major General Salami said on Thursday, after unveiling the IRGC’s first oceangoing warship.

 

“If anybody seeks to threaten the interests of this great (Iranian) nation and country, they will definitely find no safe spot on Earth,” the commander warned.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: What’s behind Iran’s terror campaign in Europe?

He further highlighted Iran’s success in playing a prominent and unique role in ensuring security in the Persian Gulf, which he said has strategic importance to the world economy. The commander then elaborated on the IRGC’s defense strategy that is coupled with offense tactics, cautioning the enemies that any threat or act of aggression will turn the IRGC into a fully offensive force. The IRGC Navy’s defense capabilities cover a broad range of tactics such as combat in close range, close combat in faraway areas, and remote combat, the commander noted. On the Rudaki oceangoing warship that has joined the IRGC Navy, General Salami said the vessel is used for defense, logistical support, and ensuring the security of Iran’s navigation routes in the region and abroad. The new warship, 150 meters in length and weighing 4,000 tons, is a multipurpose vessel for long-range operations. It is furnished with missiles, air defense systems, and radars. Rudaki warship has been equipped with a 3-dimensional phased array radar, sea-to-sea and sea-to-air missiles, advanced communication systems for electronic warfare, and the ‘Khordad 3rd’ missile system. The military vessel is capable of carrying helicopters, drones, and attack boats.

What’s behind Iran’s terror campaign in Europe?

crazydead
-
0
What’s behind Iran’s terror campaign in Europe?

What’s behind Iran’s terror campaign in Europe?

What’s behind Iran’s terror campaign in Europe?

A trial due to begin next week in the Belgian city of Antwerp is set to cast further light on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s use of official diplomatic missions in its ongoing campaign of violence and harassment of its opponents across the globe.

Continue

Several Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Quds Force, Syrian Army Targets

crazydead
-
0
Several Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Quds Force, Syrian Army Targets
Several Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Quds Force, Syrian Army Targets
Several Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Quds Force, Syrian Army Targets

 

 

Israel launched airstrikes on Syria Wednesday, killing three troops and hitting Iranian targets in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after it found explosive devices along its northern border.

 

A Syrian war monitoring group said the strikes killed 10, including the three Syrian soldiers and at least five Iranians.

 

An Israeli military statement said its fighter jets hit “military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds force and the Syrian Armed Forces,” in overnight strikes.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches the aircraft-carrying ship

The targets included “storage facilities, headquarters and military compounds” as well as “Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries”, according to an army statement. Syrian state news agency SANA said the strikes killed three of its soldiers and injured another. On Tuesday, Israel’s military said it had discovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on its side of a border crossing point with Syria. Israel and Syria have a border along the Golan Heights, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War. According to the Israeli military statement, the IEDs “were placed by a Syrian squad led by Iranian forces.”Israel’s army said it “holds the Syrian regime responsible for all the actions perpetrated from its territory and will continue to operate as necessary against the Iranian entrenchment in Syria.”The airstrikes came hours before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to land in Israel for talks including on Iran, in what is likely to be his last visit to the staunch American ally before President Donald Trump leaves office. Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran has included sanctions and scrapping of the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers during Barack Obama’s presidency. Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran has included sanctions and scrapping of the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers during Barack Obama’s presidency.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches aircraft-carrying ship

crazydead
-
0
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches aircraft-carrying ship
Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches aircraft-carrying ship
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches the aircraft-carrying ship

 

 

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launches a heavy warship Thursday capable of carrying helicopters, drones, and missile launchers amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.

 

Photographs of the ship, named after slain Guard naval commander Abdollah Roudaki, showed it carrying truck-launched surface-to-surface missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy

It also carried four small fast boats, the kind the Guard routinely uses in the Persian Gulf. Sailors manned deck-mounted machine guns. The Guard said the ship has a length of 150 meters (492 feet). By comparison, a U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has a length of 332 meters (1,092 feet). The Guard’s ship does not have a runway but includes a landing pad for a helicopter. The commander of the Guard’s navy, Adm. Ali Reza Tangsiri, suggested his forces wanted to move beyond the waters of the Gulf into deep-water patrolling. Typically, the Guard covers the waters of the Persian Gulf, while Iran’s navy patrols the Gulf of Oman and beyond.“Presence and assignments in the Indian Ocean is our right,” Tangsiri said. The ship appears to be an answer to U.S. Navy patrols in the region by its Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. U.S. aircraft carriers routinely travel through Mideast waters. Iran sees those missions, as well as Israel’s expanding presence in the region, as a threat. The commander of the Guard’s navy, Adm. Ali Reza Tangsiri, suggested his forces wanted to move beyond the waters of the Gulf into deep-water patrolling. Typically, the Guard covers the waters of the Persian Gulf, while Iran’s navy patrols the Gulf of Oman and beyond.“Presence and assignments in the Indian Ocean is our right,” Tangsiri said. The ship appears to be an answer to U.S. Navy patrols in the region by its Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. U.S. aircraft carriers routinely travel through Mideast waters. Iran sees those missions, as well as Israel’s expanding presence in the region, as a threat.

US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy

crazydead
-
0
US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy

US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy

US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy

The United States hit Iran with new sanctions on Wednesday, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the case that undoing the actions of the Trump administration would be foolish and dangerous.

Continue
1...120121122...704Page 121 of 704