Iran’s navy and IRGC hold missile drill in Indian Ocean as FM rules out US talks
Iran has unveiled various drones and held drills throughout the country this year.
The Iranian military held a missile drill in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday in an attempt to demonstrate “deterrent power” in the face of growing tensions with the United States and Israel.
The Iranian navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ aerospace force fired ballistic and cruise missiles at naval and aerial targets in the northern Indian Ocean and used drones to carry out reconnaissance operations along Iran’s southeast coast, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported.
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The drill is a part of a larger exercise dubbed Zolfaghar 1403 that began on Saturday. Iran unveiled a new detection system called Monir during the exercise, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
Tasnim reported that Iranian navy Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said the purpose of the drill was to showcase Iran’s “defensive and deterrent power.” Sayyari is commander of the exercise.
