Featured Video: Iran's Drone Carrier Almost Finished

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard is nearing completion of a bizarre, but potentially dangerous, variation of an aircraft carrier. The Shahid Bagheri is based on a former 800-foot container ship. A flight deck with a wide addition toward the rear and a ski jump structure at the bow was added to give the vessel barely enough room to launch and recover small aircraft. The betting is that it will be used to extend the reach of the terrorist organization's already potent combat drone fleet.

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When she sails I suspect her first port of call will be the bottom of the Persian Gulf.

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One can only hope….this is nothing good.

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There is obviously limited need for recovery. The angled deck, I suspect is merely give enough flight deck space for parking, assembly and arming.

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Iran is gracefully using the $4 billion given to them by one of our past us presidents to develop destruction toward said country .

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I think this is mostly being able to boast to one’s terrorist pals “Well we now have an aircraft carrier!”

Can you imagine if they had that tub steam toward the US? Bye-bye so called aircraft carrier.

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That’s the ‘before’ picture. The ‘after’ picture will be publicized by the Israeli Air Force.

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