• Ar
  • Es
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Feature
  • Videos
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Feature
Videos
Infographs
In Pictures
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. MENA
  4. IRGC Navy holds drills in Gulf, uses wide range of weapons, equipment
MENA

IRGC Navy holds drills in Gulf, uses wide range of weapons, equipment

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 17 Jan 15:35
  • 1 Shares

The IRGC Navy head says his troops have conducted defensive drills off the beaches of Farsi Island.

  • IRGC
    IRGC dills (Fars)

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy held a military exercise in the Gulf that witnessed the launch of various missiles, Tasnim reported on Tuesday.

The Iranian news agency cited IRGC Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, as saying that a wide range of weapons and equipment were used during the exercise, including naval cruise missile systems, drones dropping bombs with pinpoint accuracy, unmanned smart submarine systems, and helicopter-fired rockets.

Tangsiri highlighted that IRGC Navy commandoes carried out heliborne operations during the drill.

According to the Iranian commander, the outstanding features of the drill included assault vessel combat operations and the launch of naval cruise missiles and rockets, naval minelaying in the exercise zone, and the destruction of a single target by cruise missiles launched from two distinct sites.

The IRGC Navy head further noted that his troops have conducted defensive drills off the beaches of Farsi Island and have used smart submarine weapons to strike and destroy the hypothetical enemy's naval and coastal sites in collaboration with Army Air Defense and Air Force units.

Tangsiri indicated that Iranian naval forces have secured long-term stability in the Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that extra-regional forces are well aware of Iran's readiness to respond firmly against any danger.

The IRGC Navy drill comes a couple of weeks after the Iranian Army carried out massive military drills involving forces from the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern tip of the Indian Ocean. Codenamed Zolfaghar 1401, the aim of the exercise was to increase the readiness of the Iranian troops.

The exercise witnessed Iran’s homemade missile defense system, Mersad, successfully targeting and destroying a simulation of an attacking enemy drone, as per IRNA.

According to the news agency, Mersad is a home-grown mobile tactical missile system with a detection range of 150 kilometers and high operational accuracy and longevity, which is capable of destroying targets within a distance of 40 kilometers.

Read more: In a first, Iran to establish military presence in Panama Canal

  • Alireza Tangsiri
  • IRGC Navy
  • IRGC
  • Iran

Trending Now

All
The Commander of the IRGC's Navy, Alireza Tangsiri

IRGC Navy: Our enemies will regret it if they threaten our interests

Most Read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference on 25, February, 2022. (AFP)

Kiev unable to launch counteroffensive: Zelensky

  • Europe
  • 25 Mar
Europe's move has only increased Putin’s esteem outside the West -- but estimation of Europe’s political nous and understanding of Russia, however, is sharply diminished.

Lawfare Comes into Fashion: The New Geo-political ‘Rack’

  • Analysis
  • 25 Mar
President Joe Biden listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 3, 2023 (AP).

Hersh: Nord Stream explosion decision possibly 'anger' or 'punishment

  • US & Canada
  • 25 Mar
hhh

UAE, KSA, India, South Korea secretly supplying missiles to Ukraine

  • Europe
  • 28 Mar

Read this

All
SDF and US troops in occupied Al Hasakah, Syria. (Reuters)
MENA

ISIS stole US arms in Syria, Iraq: The Intercept

  • Today
US military vehicle is seen on a patrol in the countryside near the town of Qamishli, Syria, December 4, 2022 (AP)
MENA

6 US occupation troops suffer 'traumatic brain injuries' in Syria: DoD

  • 30 Mar
A woman walks by a money exchange shop decorated with different countries currency banknotes at Central, a business district in Hong Kong, Aug. 6, 2019 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Europe

New BRICS currency underway: State Duma Deputy Chairman

  • 30 Mar
President Joe Biden speaks alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Summit for Democracy virtual plenary in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 29, 2023, in Washington, DC, United States (AP)
Latin America

Brazil refuses to sign Summit for Democracy declaration against Russia

  • 30 Mar
Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS