The Iranian news agency Fars has reported that ground forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG) successfully tested "an impenetrable intranet communications network" during the second stage of their extensive war games codenamed "Eqtedar"("Might") that began Monday (see MEMRI Blog: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Launch War Games Near Persian Gulf). The system was designed and developed by IRGC experts.
The second phase of the IRGC maneuvers, which started in 16 provinces of the country on Tuesday, also included the test firing of 620 shoulder-launch missiles and different types of anti-air defense. IRGC ground force units also exercised different tactics for encountering air aggression by the enemy troops.
During the three-day-long maneuvers, 20 infantry and mechanized brigades of IRGC's ground forces are practicing different tactics in three different stages while using the most advanced weaponry.
A statement released by IRGC's public relations on Sunday said that the war games were designed to help forces keep up their preparedness for all-around defense and asymmetric war through practice of the various types of battle tactics.
Source: Fars, Iran, February 21, 2007
