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December 4, 2008
No. 11889

Iranian Maneuvers Reaching To Gulf Of Oman

Iranian Army naval deputy commander Qasem Rostamabadi has said that during the current naval maneuvers, the Iranian army is training with electronic warfare against enemy naval and aerial units; in identifying and destroying invading forces using missile boats, submarines, RPVs, and naval artillery; and in raiding coastal enemy positions from underwater vessels and destroying them using guerilla warfare.

He said that the maneuvers were covering a large area, reaching to the eastern Gulf of Oman.

Source: Mehr, Iran, December 3-4, 2008


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