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Iran warns of tough response to threats

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

1390/10/07
12-28-2011
10:56:20
News Code :9010-04152

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Navy Commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the country would give tough response to threats, as highlighting the Navy's capabilities in defending the nation.

"Today, we have shown Islamic Republic of Iran's might and capabilities in high and international seas," he told reporters in the "Velayat-e 90" naval drill underway in the Strait of Hormuz, southern Iran.

He said the participating units in the drill managed to be stationed in the intended sites before the determined time schedule ends.

Sayyari added the country seeks to change its tactics when there is a shift in threats, as expressing satisfaction over the units' performance in the naval practice.

Iranian Navy warned away a foreign helicopter on Monday that had approached the site of a naval drill in Strait of Hormuz.

A helicopter belonging to cross-regional forces entered the site of the drill, but it was quickly identified by Iranian radar systems which warned off the helicopter.

All local tactics were used in the drill, and the practice has managed to obtain its objectives entirely.

Also a torpedo was fired successfully by a locally-made submarine which managed to hit the targets.

Sayyari has already said the practice seeks reflection of armed forces and Iranian nation's resolution, will and might and Iranian Navy's defense and deterrence power and sending the message of peace and friendship to neighboring and regional countries.

On Saturday, December 24, Iran's Navy launched the massive 10-day naval exercise, covering an area stretching from the east of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden.

Different classes of submarines, including Tareq and Qadir, the newest ground-to-sea missile systems and torpedoes have been employed in the drill.

Over the past years, Iran has made important breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.

The country has repeatedly clarified that its military might is merely based on the nation's defense doctrine of deterrence and poses no threat to other countries.

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