The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched a large-scale war game along the southern coasts of Iran on Monday.
The exercise, codenamed “Payambar-e Azam 17 (The Great Prophet)”, involves various IRGC units such as the ground force, the aerospace force, and the cyber-electronic division.
The war game covers the coastlines of the southern provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr and Khuzestan.
The units taking part in the drill carry out offense operations at the strategic level to practice action against the origins of the hypothetical enemy’s attack.
In comments at a press conference on Monday morning, the IRGC deputy commander for operations, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforooshan, said the war game is aimed at boosting the preparedness of the IRGC combat units and has been designed with the simulation of one of the most sophisticated offense tactics used in the hybrid warfare and the complexity of the hard and soft wars, Tasnim reported.
A series of military systems and weapons recently delivered to the IRGC would be employed in the drill, the general noted.
