Not knowing the full itinerary of the Iran Navel strength, would it not be better to send in her land based forces, and have them tread water.

However it appears they can muster the following.

 

In terms of major surface ships, Iran relies on its Alvand Class Frigates as well as the new Jamaran-Class Frigates which indigenously developed in Iran is a reverse engineered Alvand Class with Modern Electronics and Radar and Armament. Iran's three destroyers are over 50 years old and are kept in material reserve at Bushehr.[citation needed] The Iranian Navy does not include capital ships; their largest ships are five frigates and three corvettes, all of which are armed with modern anti-ship missiles.[citation needed] The main focus of the Iranian Navy seems to be developing new frigates, corvettes and medium to large fast boats capable of carrying modern precision anti-ship missiles.[citation needed] Three of five frigates (Vosper Mark 5), however, were commissioned over 25 years ago and these ships have been updated with Chinese C-802 missiles.[citation needed] Iran's three corvettes were commissioned over 30 years ago; one (the Hamzeh) was originally a government yacht but has now been equipped with Chinese C-802 missiles as well, but it is deployed at Anzali on the Caspian Sea.[citation needed] These eight ships are supported by three Russian SSK Kilo attack submarines and Ghadir and Nahang class mini submarines.[4][5][6][7] The Russian built Kilo submarines are considered among the quietest diesel submarines in the world.[8]



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