Feb 25, 2015, 3:15 PM
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IRGC speedboats parade in Great Prophet 9 drill

Feb 25, 2015, 3:15 PM
News ID: 81520366
IRGC speedboats parade in Great Prophet 9 drill

Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Prov., Feb 25, IRNA - Some 500 speedboats conducted naval parades in the first day of a massive military exercise underway in the Strait of Hormuz, southern Iran, on Wednesday.

The speedboats belong to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).



Codenamed the 'Payambar-e Azam 9' (The Great Prophet 9), The military drill is being held on the Island of Larak near the Qesh Island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.



The speedboats are equipped with naval radars, electronic communications systems, cruise missiles with a range of 25 kilometers, anti-ship medium-range missiles, medium- and large-caliber torpedoes, sea mines, heavy machine guns, rocket-launchers and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles.



The drill was launched with mine operations of IRGC speedboats and firing four coast-to-sea missiles in the strategic Persian Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz.



A number of high ranking IRGC and Army commanders are present in the site of the military excersice.



Over the past few years, Iran has held several military drills to enhance the defense capabilities of its armed forces and to test modern military tactics and equipment.



Iran has repeatedly said that its defense doctrine is based on deterrence and poses no threat against other countries.



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