And yet here you are
From the lack of real forward speed I'd say a choppa. Firing maybe Hellfires but more likely unguided rockets. Camera did not catch any explosions downrange so I'd guess there weren't any, so practice rounds. If a Navy base is nearby, but not Army, then somebody put rocket pods on an SH-60?
And those in EPA doing the fraud, waste, and abuse can sit in a nice federal prison until the funds are recovered
What rumors where?
Why the Gray Lady is going down the tubes
Opinions written by morans are published because the staff can't figure out what to cover
Polio was never stamped out in Africa
Letting in thousands from Africa is a good way to import polio
Your shit's old
Mall openings and movie premiers get spotlights
Get some spotlights and illuminate the drones
Add some binoculars for a good look
They have one, but how it got from Iran, around Africa, and off the East Coast without anybody spotting it is a mystery
Iranian boxship converted into drone carrier readies for duty
Sam Chambers January 24, 2024
To add to merchant shipping’s long list of concerns surrounding the security situation in the Middle East, Iran is readying to launch its first drone carrier, the Shahdid Bagheri, a converted boxship previously called Sarvin.
Splash has obtained exclusive satellite images (see below) of the ship taken by Planet Labs 10 days ago, following an investigation by Samir Madani-led TankerTrackers.com.
The Shahid Bagheri started out as a 3,280 teu boxship, delivered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in the year 2000. It has recently undergone a conversion at the ISOICO shipyard west of Bandar Abbas, and is now controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The reconfigured vessel has added width to its deck and has around 170 m of runway, now able to accommodate the departure and landing of a very large fleet of fixed-wing long-range drones.
The semi-official Fars news agency described the vessel as a “mobile naval city” capable of “ensuring the security of Iran’s trade lines, as well as the rights of Iranian sailors and fishermen in the high seas.”
The Fars report noted: “This range of new defense and combat innovations for the construction of heavy vessels, in line with the mass development of light vessels, and equipping them with various arrays can maintain Iran’s authority over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman always in the face of transregional enemies”.
Speaking with Splash, Madani, who has been tracking Iranian vessels closely for the last six years, said: “We anticipate Iran’s coming drone carrier will eventually wreak havoc against commercial vessels in the Arabian Sea, somewhere halfway to India.”
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