Gen. Baqeri hails significant advancement of IRGC Navy’s capabilities

Iran’s military chief hails that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s naval force has reached such a level of capability that befits the superior status of the country’s Islamic Revolution.

“Today, we can [confidently] say that the Corps’ Navy has reached the level [of capability] that equals [the lofty status of] the [country’s] Islamic Revolution,” Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said in the holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday.

“Over the past four years, we have witnessed advancements as well as extraordinary and glorious enhancement of the capabilities of the Corps’ powerful Navy that have boosted the Islamic Republic’s deterrence power compared to the past,” he said.

The progress has featured “remarkable” improvement of the IRGC Navy’s vessel development, missile, and drone sectors, noted the official.

He identified precision-guided naval cruise missiles and efficient seaborne unmanned aerial vehicles as some of the military hardware that the Corps’ had been outfitted with thanks entirely to domestic research and scientific endeavor.

He noted that the Islamic Republic’s military had reached such a status of strength and deterrence power despite the enemy’s sanctions and its so-called campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran.

The official considered the level of security that currently existed throughout the Persian Gulf, the Hormuz Strait, and the Sea of Oman to be higher than any other period in history.

Beside providing security in the strategic region, the Corps’ Navy has also been successfully accompanying the Iranian Navy in overseas’ missions, the commander said, appreciating the two forces’ coordination and partnership.

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