Don’t underestimate the Persians. The concept of the destroyer as a naval vessel is 6-7 decades old and a country that’s capable of building a nuclear weapon is certainly capable of putting togther a reasonably functional destroyer. Iran is a very different place from the perspective of its capabilities than the Bedouin territories, religion notwithstanding.
Bringing it into the Med provides the perfect opportunity for, um, various adversaries to do some intelligence gathering of their own.
It’s probably going to look like rush hour with all of the curious-bystander submarine, surface and air traffic following them around...
country that’s capable of building a nuclear weapon is certainly capable of putting togther a reasonably functional destroyer...
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Send notice when they actually build a working nuclear weapon, then we’ll see about that “reasonably functional destroyer”.