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The closest that the Islamic Republic of Iran has come to building an aircraft carrier is to "simulate" an American carrier as a weapons test platform.
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Tehran could be inching closer to developing a true carrier.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Exactly what the purpose of this aircraft carrying vessel is has yet to be seen. One factor could be a matter of internal jurisdiction within the Islamic Republic. While the Iranian Navy patrols the waters of the Gulf of Oman and beyond, the IRGC-N s role has largely been to patrol the waters of the Persian Gulf.
Warships capable of carrying aircraft are used by navies around the world, but to date, the Iranian Navy isn t one of those countries that operate a carrier. The closest that the Islamic Republic of Iran has come to building an aircraft carrier is to simulate an American carrier as a weapons test platform. The Elite Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) had transformed an old target barge into a large-scale mock-up of that loosely resembled the U.S. Navy s