340 combat speedboats join IRGC Navy fleet Including New ‘Bladerunner’

Iran’s military has supplied the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy with 340 combat speedboats. The event, in Bandar Abbas, follows a similar spectacle in May last year when around 112 vessels were revealed. In both events the exact numbers, and status as ‘new’, should be treated with a healthy skepticism. There is however no doubt that Iran has taken delivery of a very large number of small vessels. Many are armed with multiple rockets, light anti-ship missiles or lightweight torpedoes. They will be used in missions in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, as well as in…