TEHRAN, Dec 25 (NNN-TASNIM) – A top Iranian commander, said yesterday that, the five-day drill in the southern parts of the country, was a response to recent threats by Israel.
Chief of the Iranian armed forces, Mohammad Baqeri said, recent threats from some Israeli officials prompted the Iranian side to hold the war game, dubbed “Great Prophet 17.”
He noted that the war game was among Iran’s most successful missile exercises, so far.
The drill was held in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the coastal areas of the southern Iranian provinces of Hormuzgan, Bushehr, and Khuzestan.
Yesterday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), launched 16 ballistic missiles of different classes, during the drill. The footage of the drill showed all the missiles hit the same target simultaneously, Baqeri said.
They struck and destroyed the very distant target, he added, noting that, this is only part of Iran’s missile power.
Also yesterday, IRGC’s Chief Commander, Hossein Salami, said, the exercise, particularly its last stage, had conveyed a very clear message and a serious and real warning to Israeli officials.
“They must be careful of their mistakes,” he said.– NNN-TASNIM
