NNA - Iran’s new homegrown drone carrier has joined the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' (IRGC) naval fleet in the Persian Gulf.

The drone carrier, Shahid Bahman Bagheri named after a martyred IRGC commander, joined the force's naval fleet during a ceremony in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday.

Equipped with a 180-meter-long runway, the Shahid Bagheri carrier serves as a mobile naval platform for drone and helicopter missions in the oceans.

It is capable of carrying several squadrons of unmanned aircraft, using various types of patrol and combat drones, launching and retrieving light and fast combat vessels, and carrying different kinds of combat and support choppers.--agencies 

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