Iran Army Ground Force launches extensive security, counterterrorism drills
The Iranian Army's Ground Forces have launched extensive security, offensive and counterterrorism drills near the country’s borders and beyond.
The forces began the exercises early Monday, enlisting a vast array of military hardware.
The drills have featured successful nabbing of ringleaders and senior members of presumed terrorist outfits, and preemptive attack against terror groups’ positions across the country’s borders.
The first stage of the exercises saw the special units of the forces’ rapid reaction division, especially the 65th Brigade of the Ground Forces’ Special Airborne Forces, crossing the common border, staging deterrent offensive against the groups, and trying to take away and ensnare the terrorist elements.
The stage witnessed a specialized operation comprising gleaning of relevant information and completion of identification of the gatherings of overseas terrorists trying to endanger the country’s security and territorial integrity, and sow insecurity along the borders.
After analyzing the data, the forces deployed various sorts of stealth and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against the terrorist positions, destroying the targets with Fajr (Dawn) missiles that can fly as far as 110 kilometers (68 miles), and Mohajer (Migrant) drones carrying Qa’em (Upright) bombs.
The operation was being supported with heavy airborne fire issued by the Army Aviation Units’ helicopter gunships as well as strong firepower deployed by armored and artillery units.
The developments came after the Army’s Combat Organization took delivery of as many as 1,000 advanced UAVs during a special ceremony.
Reflecting on the joining process, Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh commended the superior stance of the capabilities of the country’s Armed Forces, especially in the area of air defense and naval combat.
“The drones that joined the Combat Organization today created such capacity in the Islamic Republic’s Army that has rendered it capable of bringing the skies under its command if necessary, and administer fatal blows to the enemy,” he said.
The Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces, including the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), have been continuously enhancing their military hardware and combat readiness in line with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s directives.
The forces have vowed to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of the threats that are posed by the Iranian nation’s enemies.
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