Iran\u2019s Navy has announced the mass production of the indigenously-designed and submarine-launched \u201cJask\u201d cruise missile along with unveiling a handful of other military projects and technological achievements.<\/p>\n
Navy chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the mass production of the Jask missile while visiting a Navy exhibition showcasing a number of the force\u2019s recent achievements on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Khanzadi said all of the force\u2019s submarines will be equipped with the weapon and that the missile\u2019s current range will be improved \u201csubstantially\u201d in the future.<\/p>\n
The commander added that the weapon, developed as part of the \u201cJask-2 project\u201d, will allow the Navy to hit targets across long ranges.<\/p>\n
The missile \u201cwill surely be a serious surprise for the enemy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Another project dubbed \u201cJask-3\u201d is also under development, Khanzadi said. The project will allow a wider variety of missile capabilities to be used in submarines, he added.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday, five other military projects and achievements, comprising the sea-launched \u201cPelikan\u201d drone, the \u201cSadaf-2\u201d naval mine, the \u201cSoren\u201d positioning system, the \u201cBalaban\u201d guided bomb and the \u201cLoqman\u201d training vessel, were also unveiled.<\/p>\n
Among the unveiled projects, the Soren positioning system will allow Iranian submarines to obtain tracking information without using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, while operating discreetly underwater.<\/p>\n
The Pelikan drone also incorporates four vertical-flight motors in order to allow the drone to take off and and vertically on military vessels in order to preform maritime patrol operations from ships.<\/p>\n
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