Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends the inauguration ceremony of a new cruise missile-armed, semi-heavy Fateh-class submarine at Bandar Abbas naval base, February 17, 2019. Despite a decade-old arms embargo, the Islamic Republic has managed to continue to develop its surface and underwater fleet. HOSSEIN ESMAILI/ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Newsweek: Iran Says It Wants Nuclear Submarines to Power Up Fleet After Confrontation with U.S. Navy
The head of Iran's navy has called for the development of nuclear-powered
submarines to better protect the country after a close encounter off its coast with the U.S. Navy.
Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Thursday his forces were considering building a nuclear-powered submarine and that the Iranian Defense Ministry already had the capability to manufacture an underwater vessel larger than the cruise missile-armed, semi-heavy Fateh-class submarine unveiled last year. While Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has forbidden by Islamic law the production of nuclear bombs, Khanzadi said nuclear propulsion—a technology Iran had yet to demonstrate—would be necessary to defend and deter against potential adversaries like the United States.
"When there is no deterrence and no readiness for defense, peace will not be stabilized and that is why the armed forces of nations exist, to keep this peace stable," Khanzaid said, according to the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency.
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WNU Editor: Only a few countries have the capability to build a nuclear powered submarine. Iran does not strike me as one of those countries who can pull it off.
Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Thursday his forces were considering building a nuclear-powered submarine and that the Iranian Defense Ministry already had the capability to manufacture an underwater vessel larger than the cruise missile-armed, semi-heavy Fateh-class submarine unveiled last year. While Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has forbidden by Islamic law the production of nuclear bombs, Khanzadi said nuclear propulsion—a technology Iran had yet to demonstrate—would be necessary to defend and deter against potential adversaries like the United States.
"When there is no deterrence and no readiness for defense, peace will not be stabilized and that is why the armed forces of nations exist, to keep this peace stable," Khanzaid said, according to the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency.
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WNU Editor: Only a few countries have the capability to build a nuclear powered submarine. Iran does not strike me as one of those countries who can pull it off.
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