Item Number:8
Date: 12/03/2001
IRAN - NAVY PLANS TO TAKE DELIVERY OF NEW PATROL SHIPS (DEC 03/MENL)

MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE -- Iranian Vice Adm. Moharram Maequl said that
Iran will obtain the Mouj attack craft for patrol in territorial
waters in the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea and Oman Sea, Middle East
Newsline reports.


Maequl, addressing a Navy Day gathering, said that the ship would
help ensure Iranian military superiority in the region, as well as
its control over the Straits of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and the
Arabian Sea.


He also said that Iran's chief asset, three Kilo-class submarines,
ensure Iran's reach throughout the Persian Gulf region.


For more information on the Kilo-class submarine, see Periscope's
record at:


http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/ships/subs/w0004038.html