The Iranian military-industrial complex is one of the most closed in the world. At the same time, a number of events have occurred in recent months that significantly complicate its development and the expansion of the capabilities of the Iranian army.
Yesterday, December 7, the portal thedrive.com He reported that the Talayieh ship, being completed at the shipyard in the city of Bandar Abbas, capsized in a flooded dock. The "spy" video was later supplemented with satellite images, which indicate the reality of the incident. This may affect the future fate of the ship, which was preparing to join the fleet in 2022.
The Talayieh ship that fell on its side:
Talayieh refers to the upgraded type of Moudge ships, which by their characteristics (displacement — 1500 tons, length — 95 m) can be attributed to corvettes or light frigates, but in Iran they are called destroyers. The ship was at the final stage of completion, and it was planned that in 2022 it would replenish the combat strength of the fleet.
Satellite image of the capsized Talayieh ship
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The Talayieh incident was already the fifth significant incident with the Iranian navy since 2018. So, three years ago, the Damavand ship of the same type sank in the Caspian Sea. In 2020, during the exercises, the Iranian Navy mistakenly attacked its own Konarak boat - then 19 people were killed and 15 more were injured. Last year, a barge that imitated an American aircraft carrier sank near Bandar Abbas, which significantly complicated navigation near the port city. In the summer of this year, after a fire, the largest support vessel of the Iranian fleet, Khark, went down.
Map of incidents of the Iranian Navy in recent years
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It's not just the navy that suffers from failures. Last week, a drone, probably Shahed-191, a clone of the American RQ—170, which the United States lost in 2011 in Afghanistan, fell in the province of Cheharmehal and Bakhtiariya. Portal mehrnews.com he reported that the drone made an emergency landing due to bad weather conditions.
Iranian drone after emergency landing
Image source: thedrive.com
Later, the drone was evacuated by helicopter.
