IRGC Navy enhances combat capabilities with AI-equipped missiles
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has successfully integrated artificial intelligence technology into its missiles, empowering them with cutting-edge capabilities, IRGC Navy Chief Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri revealed.
The IRGC Navy also took delivery of sophisticated homegrown missile systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and armaments featuring state-of-the-art technology suitable for electronic warfare during a Saturday ceremony attended by IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, and other top-brass military figures, IRNA reported.
“By incorporating these specialized defense systems and equipment, the IRGC Navy has taken a significant and effective step in enhancing its naval combat capabilities,” said Tangsiri.
The new military gears have been developed by military experts at Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), a subsidiary of the Iranian Defense Ministry and a leading high-tech complex headquartered in Tehran, the Marine Industries Organization, the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), Iran Electronics Industries (IEI), and Iranian knowledge-based firms.
Various types of reconnaissance and combat drones, as well as different types of armored command and logistics vehicles, surveillance systems, and electronic warfare systems were among the new homegrown armaments.
The IRGC Navy also took delivery of different types of cruise missile launcher trucks, radar and command systems, and several hundred cruise and ballistic missiles, with ranges between 300 and 1,000 kilometers.
In remarks at the event, Rear Admiral Tangsiri noted that the new cruise and ballistic missiles are furnished with artificial intelligence, have longer ranges, can be prepared for launch instantly, destroy the enemy’s electronic warfare systems, and hit designated targets from various directions.
The commander also explained that the new drones have longer flight endurance, are armed with larger and heavier munitions, can be used in electronic warfare, detonate mobile targets, and strike naval targets with great pinpoint accuracy.