The Iranian military launched an explosive-laden drone from a landing ship at a mock version of an Israeli Navy base during a drill Saturday.
Footage published by the official Islamic Republic News Agency showed the Hengam-class landing ship IRIS Lavan launching an Ababil “suicide drone” toward the simulated naval base.
Twitter accounts dedicated to open-source intelligence-gathering immediately pointed out that the mock base was designed with a similar building layout to the Eilat Naval Base, in the Red Sea coast city of the same name.
Next to the simulated target was also a mock version of an Israeli Navy Sa’ar 6-class corvette.
Iran’s Army launched a series of drills on Thursday, dubbed Zolfaqar 1401, in an area stretching from the Strait of Hormuz near the Persian Gulf to the northern area of the Indian Ocean.
