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In a move that surprised many in the west, the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, orders 3 battleships from Russia. Ordered are 3 updated Sovietsky Soyuz battleships, modernized with 3X3 16" guns, 6X2 6" guns, 10 AK-630 CIWS and SA-N-6 and SA-N-4 SAMs. Many in the west when learning of this for what purpose would someone want to build a battleship not understanding that modern anti-ship missiles are not very effective against the armor of a battleship.
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