Iran tests artillery firepower in navy drills
December 31st, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANSTehran, Dec 31 (IANS) Iranian Navy tested its artillery firepower on the eighth day of naval drills in the country’s southern waters Saturday, reported Xinhua citing the local Fars news agency reported.
Iranian Navy started the third and main stage of the naval drills, called the stage of power, Saturday.
On the eighth day, Iranian naval vessels hit specified targets with heavy artillery fire, using 76mm guns which have already been mounted onto the country’s military ships. Naval vessels also exercised targeting drones with their air-defence systems.
The third stage of naval drills also includes test-firing long-range missiles from coasts and navy vessels. At this stage, different types of short and long-range coast-to-sea, surface-to- surface, surface-to-air missiles are going to be tested by Iranian vessels, according to Fars.
Last Saturday, Iranian navy launched a 10-day exercise, dubbed Velayat 90, which covers a length of 2,000 km stretching from the east of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden.
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