Iran’s naval fleet will enter the Atlantic Ocean in early 2019 on a five-month voyage, Deputy Chief of Navy Force of the Iranian Army announced on Friday.

Admiral Touraj Hasnai Moqaddam said that the trip will be conducted in accordance with the order of the hierarchy of command.

“The Atlantic Ocean is a long route, and it is likely that this Iranian mission would take five months to complete,” he told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in an interview.

The Iranian commander also argued that the Iranian navy would rotate the planet Earth, saying, “A member of the Iranian navy will be the Sahand destroyer.”

Sahand, the most advanced destroyer of West Asia, joined the Navy’s south fleet in Bandar Abbas on December 1.

This four-engine destroyer has been designed and made more advanced than its predecessor, Jamaran destroyer, with radar-evading capabilities.

Source: Iranian media