By Arsalan Shahla May 4, 2024(Bloomberg) –An Iranian warship has embarked on a mission in oceanic waters, Iran’s state media reported, in the wake of a warning by Houthi rebels that...
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The aircraft carrier Shahid Mahdavi, operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , has reached southern hemisphere waters, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, without specifying its exact location.
The “Aircraft carrier / Frigate Shahid Mahdavi”:
Source: (VIDEO) For the First Time, Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Ship Carries Out Long-Distance Mission - Defence Security Asia
Geez, without the gray paint, I would have looked at the helos and boats and thought mega-size expedition tender…fishing boats, some off-road vehicles, helos to get the boss and guests to the golf course…
Scary, though. A fair bit of flexing by the Persians.
Maybe she is heading towards Straits of Florida for a bit of “Freedom of Navigation” demonstration?
Quite a bit of gear they have managed to put together here, using an old container ship and a few $ mill.:
The Iranian-flagged containership Perrarin in 2014. As of February 2023, the ship is undergoing conversion into a drone aircraft carrier to be used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. (Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Hsu Hao-En)
Source: https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/containership-being-rebuilt-into-drone-aircraft-carrier-for-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guards/
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There are one more container vessel converted to use as “Drone Aircraft Carrier”. The other one is named Shahid Bagheri:
Since May last year, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran reportedly modified two commercial vessels owned by the country's shipping company known as "Shahid Mahdavi" and "Shahid Bagheri" to transform them into drone transport ships.
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