by virtue of its smashing feat of sinking four Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carriers—the Kaga, Akagi, Sōryū, and ...

Iran’s deployment of a new drone carrier should be seen as the first in a series of steps forward for its navy.

But 4 June 1942 would see the tide turn, with three US Navy (USN) aircraft carriers waiting in ambush for the IJN near a tiny atoll whose name would become immortalized in history: Midway.