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Iran to launch maritime war game in three days

Iran Materials 25 December 2012 16:08 (UTC +04:00)
Iran’s navy force will launch a war game in Oman Sea and India Ocean on Dec. 28, Fars News Agency reported.
Iran to launch maritime war game in three days

Iran's navy force will launch a war game in Oman Sea and India Ocean on Dec. 28, Fars News Agency reported.

Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that "Velayat 91" military drills that will start in three days, will cover a one million km square area in free waters.

"Testing of defense missile systems, submarines and war ships is scheduled during the war game," he said.

Sayyari also before noted on Nov.21 that in the future Iran plans to send its naval forces to Atlantic ocean, in an attempt to demonstrate the power and capabilities of Iranian navy.

In September, Sayyari said that Iran's naval forces will expand their international presence to safeguard the Islamic Republic's interests and rights.

On December 24, 2011 Iran's Navy launched massive "Velayat 90" naval military drills which covered an area stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden.

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