Shahid Soleimani-class patrol-combat vessel as seen in footage released by the Iranian state media.
On September 5, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) officially took delivery of the first Shahid Soleimani-class patrol-combat vessel during a ceremony that was held at its base in Bandar Abbas.
The new patrol-combat vessel is named after Iran’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US drone strike near the airport of Iraq’s capital Baghdad in January 2020.
The construction of the patrol-combat vessel, which has an estimated length of 65 meters, began a few months after the assassination of Soleimani.
The Iranian media reported that the design of the Shahid Soleimani vessel reduces its radar cross-section, enables it to operate in adverse weather conditions, and makes it more maneuverable than similar-sized ships. It is the IRGCN’s first vessel that can also operate far from its base.
The patrol-combat vessel is armed with four large anti-ship missiles, presumably either Noor, Iran’s copy of the Chinese C-802, or its upgraded Ghader variant, as well as two small anti-ship missiles, possibly the Nasr, a copy of the Chinese-made C-704, or its upgraded version, Nasir.
The vessel is protected by unidentified domestically-developed short and medium-range air defense systems with a vertical-launch system.
“This is the Islamic Republic of Iran’s first domestically developed warship that is equipped with vertical-launch short-range and medium-range air-defense systems,” said Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Maj. Gen. Baqeri noted that the vessel is also equipped with modern systems for surface, subsurface and aerial tracking and monitoring, target detection, signals intelligence, telecommunication and electronic warfare.
Other weapons which were spotted on the Shahid Soleimani vessel included a remotely-controlled 30 mm gun and four manually operated guns that appear to be derived from the US-made three-barrelled 20 mm M197.
The vessel was designed to unload attack speedboats and vertical take-off and landing drones as well as to allow helicopters to take off from and land on its deck.
During the same ceremony, the IRGCN received the smaller Shahid Rouhi and Shahid Dara high-speed, missile attack boats.
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Iran has been working nonstop to expand its naval operations not only in the Persian Gulf, but also in the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea. Earlier this month, Iranian Navy and the IRGCN temporary captured a maritime drone of the US Navy in the Persian Gulf and two others in the Red Sea.
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That design is fast. Probably stealthy. Remember James Bond “Tomorrow never dies” (1997) ? An old design but probably effective. My qualm is I only see a few small-arms, a 30mm cannon and 4-6 rocket tubes. They already have a “boat load” of rapid speed, rocket attack boats. Not sure how this ship will work into their navy.
If I were looking for a way to use it would probably be as a command and supply hub for a larger grouping of said rocket boats. The AA on board also deters the use of helicopters as a countermeasure allowing the more effective harrassment of carrier groups.
Long term though, one option is for this to be the new primary boat of the IRGCN given it’s greater reach and capabilities over the current rocket boats with perhaps a larger vessel in the works, I can’t say for sure though since I don’t know their objectives or relationship with the Iranian navy.
read the article, all sort of antiship missiles, air defences and eletronic warfare.
Cool!! 😎 a variety of weapon systems too !!
All of the Best to you Iran.
I see that $130billion obongo unfroze for Iran was not in vain. Drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, ships… Nice.
And Obunghole most likely bought stocks in the US military industrial complex to arm the US and Allies to destroy it. A win win for OBunghole and the corrupt REGIME.
We sink this soon. Watch it cowards.
like you sink hizbollah😂
These Comment sections ……………………………..WOW
Based on records, facts and history, Iranians are the top cowards of the Middle East. Where there’s a coward, there’s a bully. Iran got bullied so many times but never dare to fight back.
Iran always lies about having modern weapons. Remember the 5th gen fighter Iran showed 6 years ago. What happened? lol. Lame.
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Hehheh … so you believe that your grandpa shoot down Us expensive drones in persian golf? Not iran?
probably better than incompetent amerikan Israeli lgbt trash
Wow..there are 36 missile systems. Such a wonderfull project. Fast and fury