{"id":181407,"date":"2019-01-01T09:40:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T09:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181407"},"modified":"2019-01-03T05:16:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T05:16:06","slug":"irans-revolutionary-guards-plan-to-upgrade-speed-boats-with-stealth-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181407","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Revolutionary Guards plan to upgrade speed boats with stealth technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters \u2013 Jan 1, 2019<\/h1>\n
\"Iranian<\/a>

Iranian Revolutionary Guards speed boats are seen near the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 (not pictured) as it makes its way to gulf through strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they plan to upgrade their speed boats in the Gulf with radar-evading stealth technology and new missile launchers as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington in the vital oil shipping route.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ending a long absence of U.S. aircraft carriers in the region, the USS John C. Stennis entered the Gulf last week, and was shadowed by the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 speed boats.<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been periodic confrontations between the Revolutionary Guards vessels and U.S. military in the Gulf, although the number of incidents has dropped in recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to increase the agility of the Guards\u2019 speed boats and equip them with stealth technology to facilitate their operations,\u201d Alireza Tangsiri, the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 navy chief, was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tangsiri also said the speed boats will be equipped with new missiles, and their speed will reach 80 knots per hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

He did not elaborate on whether Iran had already mastered these technologies or if they were still in the study phase.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran says it has been developing its own stealth technology for fighter jets and vessels, but the prototypes it has unveiled in recent years have mostly been met with derision by defense experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Revolutionary Guards last week launched war games in the Gulf, where third of the world\u2019s sea-borne oil passes through, and warned that its forces were ready to respond to any hostile U.S. action.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an indirect threat to Saudi Arabia and other U.S. allies in the region, the head of the Iranian armed forces warned that any Iranian confrontation with U.S. forces might also target Gulf nations that he said had invited them into the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s regional enemies should know that alongside a pacifist doctrine, Iran has a powerful military force that are ready to protect Iran\u2019s territorial integrity, and also hold accountable countries that proposed (the U.S. presence),\u201d Major General Mohammad Bagheri was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

A U.S.-Iranian war of words has escalated since U.S. President Donald Trump took Washington out of a world powers\u2019 nuclear deal with Iran in May, and reimposed sanctions on its banking and energy sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran has warned that if it cannot sell its oil due to U.S. pressure, then no other regional country will be allowed to do so either, threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Guards\u2019 naval arm lacks a strong conventional fleet. However, it has many speed boats and portable anti-ship missile launchers, and can lay mines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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