Iranian Aircraft Carrier now in service

[FourWheelDrift]

Bet you never thought you would hear that.

The Shahid Bagheri a converted container ship (just like the escort carriers of WWII) has just entered service, designed to be a drone & helicopter carrier, it's 240m long it even has an angled flight deck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS_Shahid_Bagheri

[55palfers]

Landing will be entertaining.

[FourWheelDrift]

55palfers said:

Landing will be entertaining.

They use the big crash mat at the back and just drop back on.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

How are they planning to protect it?!

[Regbuser]

One spearfish torpedo should do it

[Simpo Two]

On the plus side, they've managed to fit their entire air force onto it.

[abzmike]

Soon to be providing a new habitat for coral on the floor of the Persian Gulf.

[bitchstewie]

I suppose necessity is the mother of invention.

Is that the helicopter from You Only Live Twice I see there?

Never mind a torpedo it looks like a dropped cigarette would do the job!

[sherman]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

How are they planning to protect it?!

Same way the Germans protected the Tirpitz probably.
Stick it up a narrow inlet and hide it.

Edited by sherman on Friday 14th February 15:50

[Sheets Tabuer]

Is that? wait... It can't be?



I think it is..

[eldar]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

How are they planning to protect it?!

Copy the russians and hide behind a smokescreen? It is smokier when it catches fire...

[Dave Hedgehog]

Regbuser said:

One spearfish torpedo should do it

or a tomahawk

[sherman]

You said it was a cargo ship ?
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Dbag101]

There’s never been a better time to to live test a MkIV torpedo, or possibly a Mk48, IMHO.

Edited by Dbag101 on Friday 14th February 16:56

[Simpo Two]

Dbag101 said:

There’s never been a better time to to live test a MkIV torpedo

The 1910 one?

[I_Am_Machine]

At first glance on the first picture it looked like the flight deck has a curve to it

[Popeyed]

I was amused by the claimed endurance on Wikipedia of ‘1000 days’. What are they doing for such a long period, just running the emergency generator?

[Hereward]

Popeyed said:

I was amused by the claimed endurance on Wikipedia of ‘1000 days’. What are they doing for such a long period, just running the emergency generator?

1,000 days...as long as the bunker barge visits every 7 days

[Simpo Two]

Hereward said:

Popeyed said:

I was amused by the claimed endurance on Wikipedia of ‘1000 days’. What are they doing for such a long period, just running the emergency generator?

1,000 days...as long as the bunker barge visits every 7 days

Now if they'd converted an oil tanker...

[stevemiller]

Looking at the jets in relation to the men standing not too far away they look like half scale kits. If drones why so complicated compared to the usual?