Iran to Equip IRGC with New Types of Submarines

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that the country plans to equip the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval force with new submarines.

"Production of different types of submarines are on our agenda and naturally they will be delivered to the IRGC whenever they reach their final phase," Vahidi told FNA on Wednesday, adding that the ministry plans to equip the IRGC Navy with its new home-made submarines.

As regards the features and specifications of the new submarines, Vahidi said, "These submarines will be in models other than Qadir (light submarines) and their production and delivery to the IRGC are underway."

He said that Iran is producing military tools based on its doctrine of asymmetric defense.

Last month, Iran boosted its naval power in Persian Gulf waters after a new missile launching vessel and two light submarines joined its Navy fleet.

During the ceremony attended by Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, two Qadir-class light submarines also joined the Iranian naval fleet.

All parts of the Qadir-class submarines, including the hull, radar equipment and advanced defense systems, have been made domestically.

The submarines are appropriate vessels for different naval missions, including reconnaissance and combat in territorial waters, specially in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz which are not wide enough for the maneuvering of large warships and submarines.

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Asymmetric warfare tactics in the Army under the sea

Jafari about entering the field Zyrsthyha Navy Corps also asserted: the environment is well below sea level environment that forces us use it but use the asymmetric shape and small and it's not that we build submarines for large and bulky be that they are vulnerable.

He added: "As discussed at the Army and fight the enemy increased capabilities in the field of asymmetric warfare is defined, so we should build equipment and even the definition of the same tactics we use asymmetric methods.

Corps Commander added: "This new equipment for high speed and smaller size in the same underwater performance and small boats on the surface have Extremist enemy it fears.

Jaafari expressed that this issue as an operational strategy for us is doing and do follow up, pointed out: In the past, perhaps science and technology was not available to us, but today that can achieve this and we must follow, and with mass production The system next to the other equipment we developed.

Iranian asymmetric submarine combat tactics

In the Zyrsthyha Navy Corp, Jafari stated, "it is used deep underwater, but it's small size gives it an asymmetric capability, and that is why we don't build large, bulky submarines that are vulnerable.

He added, "We should combat the enemies' advanced abilities in the arena of assymetric warfare and we should therefore build hardware and concepts such that the tactics conform to asymmetric methods.

The Corps Commander added, "This new equipment is for high speed and smaller size and has the same performance underwater as small boats on the surface have that the fanatic enemy fears.

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