Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired “abundant” surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and examined domestically manufactured new drones in a army train on Friday, state tv reported.
The drill, which it mentioned was overseen by Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami within the central desert area, got here within the waning days of excessive tensions with US President Donald Trump’s administration.
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It adopted short-range naval missile exams on Wednesday, in addition to workout routines earlier this month that featured a wide selection of domestically produced drones.
“The bomber drones struck the hypothetical enemy missile shield from all directions, completely destroying the targets,” the state TV broadcast mentioned of Friday’s drill.
“Also, an abundant number of a new generation of ballistic missiles were fired at selected targets, inflicting deadly blows to the hypothetical enemy bases.”
Iran, which routinely boasts of technological advances in its armed forces, has one of many largest missile applications within the Middle East, relating to them as a deterrent and retaliatory pressure in opposition to US and different adversaries within the occasion of battle.
There have been periodic confrontations between Iran’s army and US forces within the Gulf since 2018, when Trump deserted Iran’s 2015 nuclear cope with world powers and reinstated harsh sanctions in opposition to Tehran.
US President-elect Joe Biden, who takes workplace on Jan. 20, has mentioned Washington will rejoin the deal “if Iran resumes strict compliance” with the settlement that imposed strict curbs on its nuclear actions in return for the lifting of sanctions.
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Last Update: Friday, 15 January 2021 KSA 13:53 – GMT 10:53
