''Sina'' ( fa, سینا) is a
class of upgraded developed by
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
.
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
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent global think tank based in Delhi, India. The foundation has three centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. ORF provides potentially viable inputs for policy and decision-makers in the Indian ...
described the project as "a proud testimony of Iran’s abilities at
reverse engineering
Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accompli ...
".
According to
Anthony Cordesman
Anthony H. Cordesman (born August 1, 1939) holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and is a national security analyst on a number of global conflicts.
Career
He earned his B.A. ...
, ''Sina'' class ships have been "heavily updated" in comparison to the French-made . 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
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Description
The YJ-83 use ...
or
Noor, as well as one 76mm 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
Bandar Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās ( fa, , , ), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz (just across from Musa ...
.
In 2020, Farzin Nadimi of
The Washington Institute wrote that production of these ships has not improved as expected.
See also
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List of naval ship classes of Iran
This is a list of naval ship classes that were in service with the Imperial Iranian Navy, or are still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy or the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Some projects, that were not built or ...
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List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
In recent years, the Iranian government states that it has self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.
Tehran established an arms development program during the Iran–Iraq War to counter the weapons embargo imposed on ...
References
{{Fast attack crafts of Iran
Missile boat classes
Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ships built at Shahid Tamjidi shipyard
Ships built at Iranian Naval Factories