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Sina-class fast attack craft

Class overview
Builders	Marine Industries Organization Iranian Navy's Factories
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Preceded by	Kaman class
In service	2003–present
Planned	10
Building	3
Completed	5
Active	5

Sina (Persian: سینا) is a class of upgraded Kaman-class fast attack craft developed by Iran.

History

One of major naval production projects in Iran, it delivered Iran's first ever domestically-built warship in 2003. Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation described the project as "a proud testimony of Iran’s abilities at reverse engineering". According to Anthony Cordesman, Sina class ships have been "heavily updated" in comparison to the French-made La Combattante II type Kaman class. As of 2012, reportedly 10 ships were planned in this class.

Armament

Ships of this class are equipped with four box launchers with C-802 or Noor, as well as one 76 mm (3 in) main gun.

Ships in the class

As of 2015, four ships (Sina 5 to 8) were under construction, two of them in the Caspian Sea and the other two at Bandar Abbas. In 2020, Farzin Nadimi of The Washington Institute wrote that production of these ships has not improved as expected.

See also

• List of naval ship classes of Iran
• List of military equipment manufactured in Iran

References

1. ^ Iranian Naval Forces: A Tale of Two Navies (PDF), Office of Naval Intelligence, February 2017, p. 30, ISBN 978-0160939686
2. Connell, Michael; Nadimi, Farzin; Miller, John (10 June 2020), Iran's Asymmetric Naval Response to 'Maximum Pressure' (PolicyWatch), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
3. Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces", Maritime Affairs, 6 (2), National Maritime Foundation: 113, doi:10.1080/09733159.2010.559788, ISSN 1946-6609
4. Cordesman, Anthony (2016), "The Gulf: How Dangerous is Iran to International Maritime Security?", in Krause, Joachim; Bruns, Sebastian (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security, Routledge, p. 108, ISBN 9781138840935
5. Nugent, Bob; Cohen, Josh (2012), "The Gulf State Navies" (PDF), Naval Forces (1), AMI International: 32
6. Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
7. Nadimi, Farzin (April 2020), "Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf" (PDF), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus), no. 164, p. 38, retrieved 15 July 2020

v t e Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Submarines	SSK Kilo class SSC Fateh class SSW Nahang class Ghadir class
Principal surface combatants	FFG Moudge class Alvand class FSG Bayandor class
Coastal warfare vessels	PGGF Kaman class Sina class PC Parvin class Kaivan class Hendijan class
Amphibious warfare vessels	LSH Hengam class LSL Karbala class UCAC BH.7 class SR.N6 class Tondar class
Auxiliary ships	AWT Kangan class AORH Bandar Abbas class Ol class AK Delvar class
Future vessels	Project Loghman Project Negin Project Besat
List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

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