{"id":224892,"date":"2021-01-14T07:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=224892"},"modified":"2021-01-16T06:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:32:36","slug":"iran-navy-starts-military-drills-in-southern-waters-takes-delivery-of-two-warships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=224892","title":{"rendered":"Iran Navy starts military drills in southern waters, takes delivery of two warships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Makran logistics vessel joins the Iranian Navy during Eqtedar-e Daryayi (Naval Strength) 99 naval drill off the southern coast of Iran on January 13, 2021. (Photo by Tasnim news agency)<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Press TV \u2013 Jan 13, 2021<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s Navy has launched massive military exercises in the Sea of Oman in order to elevate the preparedness and military prowess of the country\u2019s Armed Forces in the strategic southern waters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two-day naval drills, codenamed Eqtedar-e Daryayi (Naval Strength) 99, started during a formal ceremony\u00a0in a vast area\u00a0spanning the Makran coastal strip on the Sea of Oman\u00a0and north of the Indian Ocean\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri and Chief Commander of the Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, and other senior commanders.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaVDQY7PMiQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Iranian Navy also took delivery of Makran helicopter carrier, a logistics ship designed to support the Navy\u2019s missions in farther waters, such as the northern part of the Indian Ocean, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Such vessels have been designed to serve as a \u201cmobile seaport,\u201d and are, therefore, considered key infrastructural elements of any naval force.<\/p>\n<p>Their flight deck serves as a mobile airbase for helicopters and gunships as well as unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Makran reportedly can carry 82,000 tons of logistics and supply them to naval units in various locations. It is also capable of making voyages for 1,000 days without a port call.<\/p>\n<p>It is said to be Iran\u2019s largest military vessel and can carry five helicopters at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>A missile-launching ship called Zereh (armor) also joined the Iranian Navy\u2019s southern fleet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_224894\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zereh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224894\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zereh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zereh.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zereh-480x269.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 650px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Missile-launching ship Zereh (armor) joins the Iranian Navy during Eqtedar-e Daryayi (Naval Strength) 99 naval drill off the southern coast of Iran on January 13, 2021. (Photo by Tasnim news agency)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the military exercises, Iranian\u00a0surface\u00a0combat units, sub-surface naval forces as well as aerial units will practice battles with mock enemy forces and perform calculated warfare tactics as well as joint operations against any possible military scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Surface-to-surface cruise missiles and torpedoes will be fired from domestically-developed submarines during the war games, while aircraft, coastal and seaborne operational units\u00a0will practice special tasks. Unmanned aerial operations and electronic warfare tactics will be exercised as well.<\/p>\n<p>The naval drills come amid America\u2019s stepped-up military threats against Iran in the final days of US President Donald Trump in office.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, two American B-52 bombers flew over the Middle East. They deployed from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and were escorted by US F-16s, according to US Central Command.<\/p>\n<p>It marked Washington\u2019s third deployment of\u00a0nuclear-capable B-52s\u00a0to the region within 45 days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_224051\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B-52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224051\" class=\"wp-image-224051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B-52.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B-52-480x319.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The US flew two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Persian Gulf to intimidate Iran. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On December 10, two B-52 long-range bombers took off at short notice from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana for the non-stop, 36-hour mission to cross Europe and then the Arabian Peninsula to the Persian Gulf, according to US defense officials.<\/p>\n<p>The US Navy had earlier announced the arrival of a nuclear-powered submarine in the Persian Gulf. The USS Georgia passed the Strait of Hormuz accompanied by two American warships, making it the first missile-loaded submarine of its kind to enter the region in eight years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2021\/01\/13\/642917\/Iran-Navy-starts-military-drills-in-Sea-of-Oman,-takes-delivery-of-two-warships\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new naval vessels officially enter service with Iran. Including a logisitics vessel that can double as a helicopter carrier carrying up to seven helicopters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":224896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224892"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224920,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224892\/revisions\/224920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/224896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}