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TEHRAN, December 22 -The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is holding the main and final stage of massive exercises in the general area of the Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is holding the main and final stage of massive exercises in the general area of the Persian Gulf.
Payambar-e A’zam (Great Prophet) 12 entered its final chapter in the littoral area on Saturday. “Displaying sustainable power and security under the auspices of national unity and building new defense capacities” has been the last phase’s slogan.
The annual exercise enlists the Ground Force’s elite units. These include the rapid response unit, the special forces, commandos, combat and reconnaissance drones, the electronic warfare unit, engineering corps, and the Zolfaqar fast patrol craft.
Various attack, transport, and airdrop helicopters are flown during the event.
According to Tasnim news agency, the Cobra gunships deployed in the last stage have been equipped with enhanced thermal cameras of the RU-290 make.
The equipment, it said, has been enhanced with laser rangefinder and is capable of tracing and detecting targets in various environmental conditions, including sheer darkness, fog, smoke, and particulates-ridden surrounding air.
Aggressive' component
During a press conference on Qeshm Island, Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said that the last phase of the drills will be featuring “aggressive operation” as a component of defense in the Islamic Republic’s defensive doctrine.
“On the operational level, these maneuvers are offensive, meaning should the enemy seek to resort to threat and its implementation, it will prompt us to turn thoroughly aggressive and offensive, and pursue targets deep inside the enemy front,” Pakpour noted.
“Our goal is to crystallize a precise and realistic image in the enemy’s mind of our deterrence and defensive equations,” the commander said.
The enemy should make allowances in its calculations for the fact that our defense is a combination of defensive and offensive engagement, with more emphasis placed on the aggressive side.
Source: presstv
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