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Sina-class fast attack craft
Class of Iranian attack craft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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,[1] it delivered Iran's first ever domestically-built warship in 2003.[2] Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation described the project as "a proud testimony of Iran’s abilities at reverse engineering".[3] According to Anthony Cordesman, Sina class ships have been "heavily updated" in comparison to the French-made La Combattante II type Kaman class.[4] As of 2012, reportedly 10 ships were planned in this class.[5]
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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.[1]
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.[6] In 2020, Farzin Nadimi of The Washington Institute wrote that production of these ships has not improved as expected.[7]
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