So Long Old Chap ! In May 2020 the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) prepared the fake aircraft carrier, a barge intended to represent a US Navy Nimitz Class ship, for war games. The barge was the centerpiece of the Great Prophet XIV war games in July 2020. She was circled by IRGC boat swarms and attacked by a range of munitions. She was not supposed to sink though, that would be inefficient. However the fake carrier did sink, while being towed back to its base at Bandar Abbas. For a while it lay on its side, with the starboard side…
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