Commander: Iranian Experts Capable of Manufacturing All Navy Equipment

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari highlighted the country’s self-sufficiency in the area of manufacturing state-of-the-art military hardware, saying that domestic technicians are capable of designing and manufacturing all the equipment the Navy requiresб Tasnim reports.

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Rear Admiral Sayyari pointed to the importance of military gear used by the naval forces, saying that in order to have presence in high seas as a strategic force, the Navy needs special equipment, like various kinds of advanced destroyers or submarines.

He added that, thank God, the Navy’s self-sufficiency is at a level that its experts can manufacture all the needed military hardware.

“We have reached a level of capability that we can design and supply all the equipment needed for the strategic force, the Navy,” he noted.

Rear Admiral Sayyari further referred to anti-Iran sanctions and said the Navy has managed to turn the sanctions into opportunities through relying upon scientific capabilities of the country’s youth at universities and knowledge-based companies.