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Iran to stage naval drills in international waters

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17:53 26/11/2011




Iran will hold large scale naval exercises in international waters, Navy chief Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Saturday.

 The drills, code-named, Velayat 90, will be held “the near future” and cover a large area, from the Sea of Oman to the northern Indian Ocean, Fars News Agency reported.

 In May 2010, the country’s Navy conducted eight-day Velayat 89 drills to test different types of warships, torpedoes, cruise missiles, and fighter jets.

 Over 150 operations were conducted on the final day of the exercise, military spokesman Rear Admiral Qasem Rostamabadi said.

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Navy to Test Latest Missiles, Submarines in Naval Drills in Int'l Waters

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Army's Navy is due to test its latest achievements in the fields of missile technology and sub-surface vessels in a series of naval drills in the international waters in the near future.
   

The Navy plans to stage massive wargames, dubbed as 'Velayat 90', in international waters in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean in coming days.

Speaking to FNA about the goals of the naval drills, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy for Operations Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Moussavi said that test of new equipments that have been delivered to the Navy combat units sets a priority in the drills.

"We will witness test on a number of these equipments in Velayat 90 drills," Moussavi noted, adding that the demonstration of Iran's naval capabilities and abilities will boost Iran's deterrent power and send this to the enemies that Iran is ready to defend its waters.

Earlier, Iranian Army's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the huge wargames of the Army's naval force will be held in an area from the Sea of Oman to the Indian Ocean.

Iran stages several air, land and sea wargames each year to test its newly produced weapons and equipments.

In the last naval drills staged by the Iranian Army, in May 2010 a six-staged naval maneuver was held, codenamed Vellayat 89, in the Strait of Hormuz and Northern Indian Ocean.

Spokesman of the military drills Admiral Qassem Rostamabadi announced at the time that the Iranian Navy deployed destroyers, missile-launchers, heavy and light submarines and flight units in specified areas and provided security of shipping lines during the drills.

The second phase of the wargames pertained to confrontation against chemical attacks of the enemy through using locally-made equipment, Admiral Rostamabadi added.

Also home-made systems were used to successfully confront enemy's divers and guerillas who penetrated into Iranian coasts, the spokesman stated.

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