Saturday, December 24, 2011

Iran begins today the largest military exercise in its history

Iran begins today the largest military exercise in its history
Tehran, 24 December: Iran is taking place as of today and until the second of next month, is the largest military exercise since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, as commander, Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.


The Sayari, that "the exercise will continue for ten days in an area of ​​about two million square kilometers in the Gulf waters east of the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of ​​Oman and the Gulf of Aden and the northern Indian Ocean."


He pointed out that his forces will be used during these exercises submarines of various types, and unmanned aerial vehicles and weapons of naval defense, the land of the sea.


He explained that the most important objectives of the exercise is to test new weapons and equipment that have been manufactured by the Iranian navy and the review of capacity in the tactical control of the region and lines of communication and testing of missile systems for ships and submarines participating in the maneuver.


Sayari said, "The Navy will be in the framework of this maneuver a new tactics for submarines and show the capabilities of our forces to maintain security and stability in the region, to strengthen the defense capabilities and deterrence in the water free and international.


These exercises have raised considerable international concern, as the Iranian parliament said in a June 13 "The Navy will be tested during the maneuvers its ability to close the Strait of Hormuz", the gate which reflects the Persian Gulf through which much of the world's oil.


For his part, said Parvez pleasure, a member of the National Security Committee in the Iranian parliament "we'll maneuvers to test the possibility of closing the Strait in the short period of time, and if the world wants to make this region is stable, we also will make the world unstable."


Denied in a number of government representatives, including Oil Minister Rustam Ghasemi, later in Tehran's intention to close the strait, which is one of the most important strategic points in the world and the cross from which the third world oil trade.


It is noteworthy that Iran is under great international pressure over its nuclear program controversial, which Washington and part of the international community that he was carrying military targets, while Tehran insists on the peaceful nature for research and energy.


In addition to successive groups of international sanctions suffered by the Islamic Republic, they are exposed to threats by Israel as well as exposure to military action to halt its nuclear program.


In turn, Iran confirmed that it would "respond harshly" to any act of hostility against it, said among the measures that may be taken in this regard, close the Strait of Hormuz, which would destabilize the global oil trade.

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