The Iranian shipbuilder is converting a container vessel into an aircraft carrier capable of transporting UAVs and helicopters.
On 2 January 2023, the US Naval Institute released photographs captured in November 2022 depicting the Shahid Mahdavi vessel belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a floating dock based at the Industrial Complex Co. Ships and Iranian Oceans(ISOICO) in Bandarabbas, near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Shahid Mahdavi has been in this floating dock since...
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