AdvertisementIran has spent the past few years turning a container ship into a militarized drone carrier. New satellite images show the Shahid Bagheri has left its home port for the first time. This image from November 12 shows the Shahid Bagheri (center) at its berth. Last year, the IRGCN commissioned the Shahid Mahdavi, a modified expeditionary sea base that was formerly known as the Sarvin. Iran's IRGC published a video today of launching a ballistic missile from their forward base Shahid Mahdavi (converted container ship).

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