The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator in the New Naval base of the IRGC and a new air defense boatIn Iran, the Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC Navy) officially included a new floating base "Shahid Mahdavi" (Shahid Mahdavi), also created by rebuilding a civilian vessel, in this case the former container ship Sarvin with a deadweight of more than 41,000 tons.
It is named in honor of the IRGC Navy serviceman Nader Mahdavi, who died in one of the clashes at sea with the Americans in 1987.
As indicated, this is a multipurpose ship with a length of 240 meters and a width of 32 meters on which artillery installations and missile systems are installed, it is capable of carrying various light boats and boats, UAVs and helicopters.
Prior to that, in 2020, the Shahid Roudaki floating base converted from a merchant vessel was accepted into the Iranian Navy, and the Makran floating base, created from a tanker, was accepted into the Iranian Army Navy in 2021.
In addition, about a hundred motor boats and boats, including various missile boats, have been transferred to the IRGC Navy. Among the missile boats transferred to the IRGC Navy, such a curious sample flashed by - a new Iranian air defense boat. It looks like the dome is designed to protect the radar, and there is a launcher for anti-aircraft missiles in the back. They write that it is stated that there are missiles of the ship's short-range Nawab air defense system with a vertical launch. It must be a long-awaited cover for groups of attack missile boats of the IRGC Navy. The most important enemy of such boats is helicopters and UAVs with guided missiles, and here the air defense boat can cover them..
Video of the rocket launch during the tests
Some new missiles with homing heads like this.. Perhaps another controlled modification of the Falagh family of rockets, since the containers are similar to those, but maybe something completely different.
