Iran Tells US Navy: Go to the Bay of Pigs; The Persian Gulf Is Ours
(CNSNews.com) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has a message for the U.S. Navy: Go to the Bay of Pigs; the Persian Gulf is our home.
A banner bearing words to that effect was draped on the side of a new, Iranian-built warship unveiled in the port of Bushehr on Tuesday, at a time when the Pentagon has reported a jump in the number of Iranian provocations in one of the world’s most important waterways.
The new 55-meter-long vessel was launched to great fanfare, with IRGC Navy commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi claiming capabilities including a speed of up to 28 knots and an operating range of 10,000 kilometers.
Fadavi said the ship, which was built and equipped entirely indigenously, could carry a helicopter and up to 100 personnel. (By way of comparison, the U.S. Navy’s Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship, several of which have been harassed by the IRGC in the Gulf this year, is also 55 meters in length but has fewer than 30 crew members.)
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