The standard version of Yasin jet trainer and the assembly line for mass producing the aircraft were
unveiled by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani on Saturday.
Yasin is capable of carrying out combat missions as well. The Iranian jet is
also designed to perform other military operations, such as close air support (CAS).
The new version of Yasin that was unveiled today appears to have been much more upgraded
and developed in tactical terms compared to the first prototype unveiled in October 2019.
The Iranian jet trainer is now furnished with a homegrown ejection seat, avionics,
engine, and landing gear.
The airborne weather radar installed on
its radome has been manufactured by domestic knowledge-based companies.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing
a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.
Iranian officials have repeatedly underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its
military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense,
and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.
Also Iran has had great achievements in the fields of knowledge and technology,
and piloting as a combined educational field is no exception.
An important feature of the advanced training jet
is that it can also be used by the pilots of the operational bases to
learn the tactics and techniques of air combat and air-to-surface combat.
In a relevant development earlier this week, an oceangoing warship, known as mobile naval city
capable of carrying helicopters and drones, joined the fleet of the Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy at a ceremony attended by high-ranking military officials in Southern Iran.
The domestically-developed ship, named Martyr Mahdavi,
joined the IRGC Navy along with 99 new vessels in different classes
after being unveiled in the Southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday.
IRGC Chief Major General Hossein Salaami and Commander of the IRGC Navy Rear Admiral Alireza
Tangsiri were among the senior military officials taking part at the ceremony.
Martyr Mahdavi carrier provides the IRGC a large and floating base from which to run
the small and fast boats, helicopters and various types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The ship
can cruise in faraway
waters and ensure the security of the Iranian trade vessels in high seas.
The oceangoing warship is 240 meters in length and 32 meters in width and weighs
14,000 tons and has a load capacity of 41,000 tons.
It has been equipped with a 3-dimensional phased array radar,
sea-to-sea and sea-to-air missiles, advanced communication systems for electronic warfare,
and cruise missiles with a range of 700km.
It is capable of carrying helicopters and drones.
Speaking at the ceremony, Rear Admiral Tangsiri said the Martyr Mahdavi warship is a heavy,
multi-purpose and long-range vessel capable of carrying and operating all kinds of helicopters,
drones, and high-speed missile launchers, as well as missile, defense and radar systems.
“The ship is like a mobile maritime city ready to carry out ocean missions … to create
sustainable security of sea communication lines and provide aid to the commercial and
fishing fleets of the Islamic Republic and regional countries,” he added.
The IRGC’s Navy has also received new domestically-designed vessels
that have missile launchers mounted on them.
The vessels that joined the navy fleet were upgraded versions of Ashura and Tareq classes.
They can launch rockets with a range of between 100 and 180 kilometers.
The vessels enjoy high maneuverability and have been designed to be capable
of carrying out missions in different weather conditions.
“By the joining of the specialized naval equipment … and the conversion of Ashura-
and Tareq-calss rocket-launching vessels into the missile-launching ones with a
minimum range of 10 and maximum of more than 180 kilometers, the IRGC Navy has
managed to take an important and effective step in upgrading the level of its naval combat power.
It is somehow unprecedented in the world,” Tangsiri stated.
The IRGC navy chief also noted that the elite military force has converted rocket-launching
vessels into missile-launching ones in an “unprecedented” move in the world.