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Balzam-class intelligence shiplarger figure on 4 of 5
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Length
Single source105 m (344 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Balzam-class intelligence ship | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | 2 shaft diesel 9,000 hp (6,700 kW)[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Builders | Yantar Yard Kaliningrad[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Soviet Navy Russian Navy[source] | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Primor'ye-class surveillance ship[source] |
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
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95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Alvand class[source] |
| Succeeded by | Vishnya-class intelligence ship[source] | — |
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| Built | 1980–1986[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| In commission | 1980–1987[source] | — |
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| Planned |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | intelligence ship[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar: MG-349 hull mounted array, MG-13 underwater communications, MG-7[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Cage Pot I, Twin Wheel, Log Maze[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 2 × 4 9K32 Strela-2 positions, 1 × 30 mm AK-630 anti-aircraft gun, 1×7 55 mm MRG-1 grenade launcher[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] Soviet Union[source] | — |
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| Name | — | Moudge[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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