[🇮🇷] Iranian Navy

[Lulldapull]

I'm just curious what thousands of tons of equipment would be on this ship.

Drones aren't that heavy, in fact they are very light, As far as I can tell, she'll take fuel, and that's it.

It'll get all that equipment like a typical ESB/ FOB. Just like a big warship able to operate thousands of miles from shore and direct operations from remote coordinates. These ESB's are becoming pretty fashionable now. Many world navies will transition to these soon because they are very useful floating/ moving military bases. Check that US navy article I posted describing their purpose. That Saviz FOB is currently operating in the red sea in a race track pattern, up n down and directing the whole Houthi drama on the water. There was an attack on an Israeli commercial ship by a cruise missile thousands of miles from the Australian coast underneath the Indonesian archipelago. The IRGC Makran was a thousand miles away, so it is suspected the Makran is supporting IRIN submarine operations in the remote ocean about 5000 miles from its base in Bandar Abbas. It is suspected it is able to carry subs in its belly.

 

[Lulldapull]

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/210549/2-Israeli-linked-tankers-hit-in-Indian-Ocean-in-early-Jan

 

[Lulldapull]

I believe this is the same concept that the Nazi's came up with in WWII with their Kreigsmarine 'Kormoran' converted/ armored freighter turned into a monster 'Ghost Ship'. It was a huge vessel armed to the teeth and it ranged far n wide doing all sorts of activities. It's most famous incident has been it sinking the HMAS Perth battle ship along with the 600 ghareeb Aussie sailors.....lol..... God knows how many other vessels it sank and how many U boats it rearmed......lol....These ESB's or the FOB's as the IRGC calls dem will become the new trend in Naval warfare soon. Some say that the Nazi Kreigsmaine Kormoran still sails the waters as a possessed demonic death ship, cuz it was never established if it was ever sunk......lol. It even inspired the movie Ghost Ship back in da 70's.

 

[Saif]

Iran Guards unveil underground naval base

The naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground base housing dozens of assault boats equipped with missile launchers in footage aired by state television on Saturday.

www.newagebd.net

Iran Guards unveil underground naval base
Agence France-Presse . Tehran 19 January, 2025, 22:30

The naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground base housing dozens of assault boats equipped with missile launchers in footage aired by state television on Saturday.

The broadcaster did not reveal the location of the base, saying only that it served Iran’s strategic ‘southern waters’ — the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.

‘This facility, which houses missile assault boats, lies 500 metres underground on the southern waters of Iran,’ the report said.

Guards chief General Hossein Salami toured the base with naval arm commander, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the footage showed.

Salami’s visit comes just days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president on Monday for a second term of office.

During his first term, Trump pursued a policy of ‘maximum pressure’ against Iran, abandoning a landmark nuclear agreement and reimposing sweeping sanctions.

State television said some of the vessels kept at the base unveiled on Saturday were ‘capable of destroying US warships and destroyers’.​

 

[Lun da Pull]

Fair assessment of the Shahed Bagheri drone carrier/ESB/FOB.