Iranian and Azerbaijani Navies participates Russian Naval Parade


According to information published by Mehr News on July 29, 2022, the Russian naval parade involved warships of the Azerbaijani and Iranian navies for the first time.
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Russian Vyborg Shipyard laid the Purga ice class coastguard ship of project 23550 925 001 Iranian Sina class fast attack craft Paykan and Joshan (Picture source: Russian MoD)


This year, the naval parade in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea has brought together 26 combat ships and gunboats, 15 support vessels, over 900 personnel, and four aircraft.

The parade formation included the missile ships Tatarstan and Dagestan, the small artillery ships Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich, and Stupinets, the hydrographic survey boat Nikolay Ivashintsov, the harbor minesweepers Magomed Gadzhiyev and Herman Ugryumov and the anti-saboteur boat Yunarmeyets Dagestana, the Caspian Flotilla’s press office reported.

The Caspian Flotilla has demonstrated its combat capabilities at sea and on the shore during the naval parade. Naval sailors have demonstrated about 10 combat episodes, among them thwarting an attempt to violate the state border, breaching a minefield, and conducting a naval battle with a simulated enemy.

In addition, the mariners have demonstrated delivering a missile strike against a notional enemy’s key facilities, rendering assistance to a ship in distress, conducting anti-amphibious assault defense, landing an amphibious assault force, and battling for landing on the shore.

About the IRIS Paykan

The Iranian missile boat Paykan is an Iranian-made Sina-class fast attack craft. The Sina class is nearly identical to the Kaman class and Paykan and Joshan are both often referred to as members of the Kaman class.

The ship has a length of 47 m (154 ft 2 in), a beam of 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in), and a draught of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). She has a displacement of 275 tons and can reach a top speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).

Paykan was Iran's first self-made missile boat and is equipped with two or four C802 SSM anti-ship missiles, one Fajr-27 76 mm dual-purpose gun and one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.