Brother's Boat

Mosquito Fleet · Mission 4 · Open water near Larak

Operational Briefing

OPERATIONAL ORDER 2026-12-06-LRK-024
Eyes only. Captain R. Tahami, Boghammar-7.

Lt. H. Tahami (Boghammar-12) has proposed a synchronized
presence demonstration against USS MASON (DDG-87)
transiting north through the central strait.

Two-boat close approach, no engagement.

Joint authorization requested. Confirm participation
before 1100 local.

— Cmdr. M. Alavi, Larak Naval Station

Objective

• Decision: Join the maneuver (close to within 100m of USS *Mason* alongside Hossein) or refuse and hold standoff while Hossein goes alone.

Victory & Failure

Radio Transcript

Cockpit and net traffic recorded during the operation, timestamped from mission start.

Historical Background

The IRGC Navy built its identity around small, fast, cheap boats rather than large surface combatants — an asymmetric doctrine matured during the 1980s Tanker War. Its early fast-attack craft included Swedish-built Boghammar Marin boats acquired in the mid-1980s, lightly armed with machine guns, recoilless rifles and rockets, whose name became shorthand for the whole class of Iranian speedboats.

Modern IRGCN squadrons operate in coordinated sections and swarms, using coastal geography, small radar cross-sections and sheer numbers to threaten far more expensive warships. Two-boat elements — one closing to shadow a contact while a second holds station to bring cross-fire or cut off a turn — are a basic building block of that doctrine. The force is organizationally separate from the regular Iranian Navy (the Artesh), which operates the larger frigates and submarines in the Gulf of Oman and beyond, while the IRGCN holds the crowded, contested waters inside the strait itself.