By bnm Tehran bureau Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have unveiled their first dedicated drone carrier warship, a converted merchant vessel that can deploy multiple squadrons of unmanned aircraft and helicopters,

With a 180-meter-long runway for drones, the vessel can travel up to 22,000 nautical miles without needing to refuel in ports.

DUBAI — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have taken delivery of the country’s first ship capable of launching drones and helicopters at sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. Amid military exercises lasting from early January to early March,

The new naval platform was unveiled amid military exercises that ran from early January to early March, as Tehran braces for heightened tensions with Israel and the US under President Donald Trump. Described as a transformation of a former commercial container vessel,