Iran sharpens combat capability by launching full-gear drills
                 Source: Xinhua | 2017-02-20 21:46:58 | Editor: huaxia

A picture taken from Animation film "Battle of Persian Gulf II" depicts an armed confrontation between Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the U.S. Navy. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force started a large-scale military exercise in Dasht-e Kavir in central part of the country on Monday, Tasnim news agency reported.

The war game code-named Payambar-e Azam 11 (The Great Prophet) will be conducted for three days under the motto of "Presentation of Power and Sustainable Security," the report said.

Various units of the IRGC Ground Force including the artillery, air defense, drone, infantry and air force units have participated in the military drills.

On Monday, the IRGC forces fired smart rockets to hit the positions of the mock enemy with pinpoint accuracy.

On Saturday, Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said that advanced rockets will be test-fired during the war game in central parts of the country.

The exercises also feature the intelligence command and defensive preparedness of the IRGC's elite servicemen against potential incursions, Press TV said.

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Iran sharpens combat capability by launching full-gear drills

Source: Xinhua 2017-02-20 21:46:58

A picture taken from Animation film "Battle of Persian Gulf II" depicts an armed confrontation between Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the U.S. Navy. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force started a large-scale military exercise in Dasht-e Kavir in central part of the country on Monday, Tasnim news agency reported.

The war game code-named Payambar-e Azam 11 (The Great Prophet) will be conducted for three days under the motto of "Presentation of Power and Sustainable Security," the report said.

Various units of the IRGC Ground Force including the artillery, air defense, drone, infantry and air force units have participated in the military drills.

On Monday, the IRGC forces fired smart rockets to hit the positions of the mock enemy with pinpoint accuracy.

On Saturday, Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said that advanced rockets will be test-fired during the war game in central parts of the country.

The exercises also feature the intelligence command and defensive preparedness of the IRGC's elite servicemen against potential incursions, Press TV said.

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