Iran's navy received its first signals intelligence ship on Wednesday, January 15, semi-official Tasnim news organization reported, a few days after the country's army took delivery of 1,000 new drones.
'The Zagros' is a new category of military vessel equipped with electronic sensors and the ability to intercept cyber-operations and conduct intelligence monitoring, Tasnim said.
Earlier this month, Iran started two-month-long military exercises which have already included war games in which the elite Revolutionary Guards defended key nuclear installations in Natanz against mock attacks by missiles and drones.
The military drills and procurement come at a time of high tensions with arch-enemy Israel and the United States under incoming US president Donald Trump.
POOL VIA WANA / REUTERS