IRIS_Gorz_(P228)

IRIS <i>Gorz</i> (P228)

IRIS Gorz (P228)

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IRIS Gorz (Persian: گرز, lit. 'Mace') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Being able to launch Mehrab (a reverse engineered version of RIM-66 Standard), she is considered the smallest warship in the world to operate such a missile.[citation needed] It is reportedly the only ship in her class that is capable of firing surface-to-air missiles, as of 2020.[2]

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History

During Iran-Iraq War, Gorz was assigned to Bushehr Naval Base.[3]

From 1996 to 1998, she was used for modernization trials.[4]

In the wargame Velayat 90, on 1 January 2012, she fired the missile Mehrab for the first time, marking its first operational test.[5][6] The ship was modernized in 2015–2021.[7]

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References

  1. [1]
    Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
  2. [2]
    Nadimi, Farzin (18 June 2020), "Iran Signals a Toughened Stance by Adding to Its Naval Arsenal", The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (PolicyWatch), no. 3335, retrieved 15 July 2020
  3. [3]
    Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
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    Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
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    "Iran Extends Missile Range, Compares Its Military Might to Russia, China and North Korea", Newsweek, 16 October 2018, retrieved 1 August 2020
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    "Iran launched Mehrab surface missile for first time", Trend News Agency, 1 January 2012, retrieved 1 August 2020
  7. [7]
    "Optimized Corvettes Join Iran's Southern Fleet - Politics news".


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