IRIS Dena

Conflict Usage

United States-Iran Conflict

Side: IranRole: Naval surface combatant sunk by submarineair defense

United States-Iran Conflict: fielded by the Iranian Navy as a Moudge-class frigate until a U.S. submarine sank IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka on 4 March 2026.

IRIS Dena Images

Related Weapon Systems

Air DefenseIRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi / Shahid Soleimani-class corvetteMissile corvetteIRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi is a Shahid Soleimani-class Iranian missile corvette built for IRGC Navy littoral strike and air-defense duties. In the United States-Iran Conflict, U.S. forces struck the ship during Operation Epic Fury, making it one of the class's clearest wartime appearances in the archive.

Air DefenseSa'ar 6-class corvetteMissile corvetteThe Sa'ar 6-class corvette is an Israeli Navy missile corvette built in Germany and fitted with Israeli air-defense systems. During the Israel-Hamas War, the class has been used as a maritime air-defense platform in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

Air DefenseStandard Missile-3 (SM-3)Ship- and ground-launched ballistic missile interceptorThe Standard Missile-3 is an exo-atmospheric hit-to-kill interceptor for Aegis ballistic missile defense, and the SM-3 Block IB made the family's first combat intercepts during the United States-Iran Conflict in 2024.

Air DefenseStandard Missile-6 (SM-6)Ship-launched multi-mission interceptor missileThe Standard Missile-6 is a U.S. Navy ship-launched multi-mission missile for anti-air warfare, terminal ballistic missile defense, anti-surface warfare, and strike missions. In the United States-Iran Conflict archive, it represents the Aegis destroyer layer of U.S. naval air and missile defense around Iranian missile and maritime threats.

ArtilleryArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyerGuided-missile destroyerThe Arleigh Burke class is the U.S. Navy's principal guided-missile destroyer family, built around Aegis sensors, Mk 41 vertical launch cells, and multi-mission air, surface, subsurface, ballistic-missile-defense, and land-attack roles. In the United States-Iran Conflict, official U.S. imagery documented multiple DDG 51-class ships firing Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles during Operation Epic Fury.

Aircraft & UAVsE-2D Advanced HawkeyeCarrier-based airborne early warning and control aircraftThe E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is Northrop Grumman's carrier-based airborne early warning and command aircraft, built around a 360-degree radar and five-person crew. U.S. Navy E-2Ds were documented supporting Operation Epic Fury in the United States-Iran Conflict in 2026.

Sources