Iran announced Shahid MahdaviAn Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) warship has crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time.
of Shahid Mahdavi Iranian state propaganda agency PressTV on ‘long-distance mission’ in international waters report.
of Shahid Mahdavi The ship is a 787-foot container ship weighing more than 2.1 tons operated by the Revolutionary Guards, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and an official branch of Iran’s military. converted It has been transformed into a multipurpose warship capable of carrying helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, and speedboats.
according to To Iranian state media Shahid Mahdavi It is equipped with three-dimensional phased array radar, sea-to-sea and sea-to-air missiles, and advanced communication systems for electronic warfare. This ship was commissioned into the IRGC Navy in March 2023.
Iranian state media claimed the warships were “carrying out the greatest mission in terms of distance and operations,” without providing further details. Iranian authorities have not disclosed the nature of the warship’s mission at the time of writing.
The warship’s deployment was accompanied by a video released by Iranian authorities on social media to demonstrate the ship’s capabilities, purportedly showing it firing a Dezful-class ballistic missile that can hit targets up to 620 miles away. Ru.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Naval Floating Base Shahid Mahdavi was used as a mobile platform to launch ballistic missiles at sea.
Dezful medium-range ballistic missile launched from a 40-foot container on the deck of the Shahid Mahdavi.
Dezful’s range is reported to be 1,000km. pic.twitter.com/BCpq5ktX5g
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In February, Iran launched a Zolfaqar-class ballistic missile, testing the missile-launching capabilities of its warships. according to The Iranian regime attacked designated targets in the desert of central Iran. Zolfaqar-class missiles reportedly have a range of approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,050 miles).
“Our blue-water warships could be anywhere in the world, and if we can launch missiles from them, no place is safe for those who seek to cause unrest in us.” Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guards, said in a speech in February. Ballistic test.
development of Shahid Madhav Warship enters international waters days after Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen blackmailed It will “immediately” launch attacks on commercial ships sailing in the Mediterranean to deliver cargo to Israeli ports. The Houthis have been attacking commercial ships, claiming they are targeting Israeli-linked vessels, but appear to be bombing ships. random, From the second half of 2023.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Salih said on Friday that the terrorist group, which is acting in support of the jihadist terrorist group Hamas, would target “any ship heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean in waters within our reach.” He said it would be.
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