Posted on 12/14/2024 2:52:28 AM PST by Libloather
A newly minted and massive Iranian drone carrier was captured in new satellite images sailing in the Persian Gulf this week — the ship’s first reported sighting since leaving its home port for the first time in mid-November.
The satellite images taken Thursday by commercial operator Maxar Technologies shows three Iranian drone ships in the waters off the country’s coast as theories have swirled in the US that Iran could be behind the mysterious drone sightings across the tri-state area, according to Business Insider.
Iran’s new carrier — the Shahid Bagheri — is a converted shipping container that was outfitted to support drone operations and was last seen on Nov. 12, when it was captured by satellite imagery sitting in Bandar Abbas, the report said.
The Shahid Bagheri left its home Iranian home port sometime between Nov. 12 and Nov. 28, revealed by satellite imagery that shows an empty dock where the ship once sat, according to another Business Insider report.
The new carrier was believed to have headed straight to the Persian Gulf to partake in naval exercises, the report said.
The new images from this week show the overhauled ship was pictured with two other Iranian drone vessels — Shahid Roudaki and Shahid Mahdavi — off the Bandar Abbas port in the Persian Gulf, according to NDTV.
News of the Shahid Bagheri’s whereabouts came days after speculation that an Iranian drone “mothership” was parked out in the Atlantic and was carrying out clandestine drone operations in the airspace of New Jersey and Staten Island.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) claimed to Fox News on Wednesday morning that the drones were possibly being launched by Iran, citing confidential sources.
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After quite a bit of lobbying I was permitted to make a presentation to GD’s director of marketing. The upshot was he said, “We don’t sell cheap $hit. I don’t care how much of it we sell; the money is in the big buck items.”
The thing is, we had all the technology available. It would have been packaged differently. Development costs were minimal. We were laying off engineers and staff because the army didn’t want Abrams or Stryker’s, which were going straight to storage. They took our funding and bought upgraded trucks with guns. We could have kept most of those people employed, rather than sell nothing at all.
This buy big, buy sexy is the mindset in the military and industry.
The ship named "IRIS Misdirection."
Thanks for posting.
Oh, we can, but since Satan is running the current administration...
Yep.
I don’t see anything in the article referencing US DOD or intel agencies as to what THEY knew or didn’t know about the Iranian drone ship’s position at any time. Everything in the article is based on commercial sat imagery, which doesn’t usually give daily coverage of an area unless someone is paying for it.
I’d be more worried about a drone carrier disguised as a container ship. The Iranian ships discussed here stick out like a sore thumb to intel sats. Since the Iranians have no credible anti-missile defense, well, need I say more...?
All good points. If I wanted to nuke the USA, I would smuggle it in on a 3 day weekend federal holiday. Lol. So fast to leave, so slow to return. I know many really competent and very slothful federal employees they balance each other out. Sum of all fears style attack but where/when?
Several militaries have demonstrated missiles and drones launched from shipping containers.
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Maybe this type of shipping containers have been shipped into many different US locations over time.
And by arrangment, they are deployed.
Like, drones sighted in Phoenix. A long ways from an east coast mother ship.
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