Iran unveils new domestically made warship
Iran's navy launched a domestically made destroyer, which state media said has radar-evading stealth properties, amid rising tensions with the United States.
In a ceremony carried live on state television on Saturday, the Sahand destroyer - which can sustain voyages lasting five months without resupply - joined Iran's navy at a base in Bandar Abbas on the Gulf.
The Sahand has a flight deck for helicopters, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare capabilities, state television reported.
The chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces said in 2016 that Iran may seek to set up naval bases in Yemen or Syria in the future, raising the prospect of distant footholds perhaps being more valuable militarily to Tehran than nuclear technology.
In August, Iranian state media showed President Hassan Rouhani unveiling new domestic made fighter jet.
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