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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hold exercises in Strait of Hormuz
The naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has held exercises to test new equipment and battle tactics in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
The drills tested the IRGC naval force’s combat-readiness, speed in responding to natural disasters and familiarity with new weapons, the Fars news agency reported.
They were the fifth such tactical exercises held by the force and took place near Bandar Abbas, a Gulf port on Iran’s southern coast, Fars said. It did not say when they took place.
Iran’s regular navy, separate from the IRGC’s naval branch, held drills in the Gulf in late December and early January meant to showcase the country’s military capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of the world’s seaborne oil exports passes.
Iranian officials have often said Iran could block the strait if it came under military attack over its disputed nuclear program, and a heavy Western naval presence in the Gulf is meant to deter any such move.
3 Comments on "Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hold exercises in Strait of Hormuz"
PrestonSturges on Mon, 14th Jan 2013 1:02 am
It would be interesting to see an A-10 strafe a boat.
BillT on Mon, 14th Jan 2013 4:37 am
Ah Preston, you assume the A-10 could evade all of the missiles headed for it from the mainland…lol. Your ‘patriotism’ is not something to be proud of.
The Iranians were just reminding the world that THEY control the Straight, not the West. And probably control the Gulf if facts were known. After all, the Gulf is a big bathtub that is within the range of missiles from most of Iran.
Arthur on Mon, 14th Jan 2013 8:01 am
Is Preston volunteering to march all the way to Teheran from the Gulf coast? Because that is what he needs to do if the Iranians have enough of these permanent provocations and decide to sink a few oiltankers and publicly state that they will continue to do so until the US backs off. This will mainly hurt Europe, more than the US and will drive Europe into the loving care of the Russians, who are building pipeline after pipeline into Europe. That will be the (long overdue) end of the West, a leftover ftom WW2. That almost certainly spells the end if the dollar, and leads to increased hardship within the US, leading to all sorts of 1776 feelings.
Maybe Preston will rethink his bellicose stance towards Iran and let Chuck Hagel do the diplomacy.