Iran develops rocket-launcher submarine, smart ships

Isfahan Industrial University has planned and built 8 types of under-surface systems in cooperation with three other universities.
Dr. Mohammad Ali Badri, Director of National Project for Internalizing Subsea Systems told to Mehr News that subsea rocket-launchers and unmanned smart ships were among the produced types.

He said that the Project was mainly launched to internalize subsea technologies. “The project will amount to production of 8 types of subsea systems,” he added.

Badri also said that the Project predicted production of 550 needed technologies for subsea facilities. “To achieve this objective, we have divided the technologies in red, yellow, and green categories, and on this premise, we examined the potential capabilities of the country,” he asserted.

“Red technologies are those to be produced inside the country. Setting priorities has been an attempt to direct these technologies towards production inside the country,” he added. He expressed hope that with cooperation coming from universities and research centers, the country produces some subsea technologies. “These systems include rocket-launcher submarines, deep-floating submarines (recreation, tourist, AUV systems, unmanned smart ships), and cabling systems,” Badri explained.

“Furthermore, according to projections for future, 200 technologies in the subsea facilities field will be achieved,” he added.