<\/span><\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) simultaneously announced this week that it had established a new organization for its \u201csmart combat vessels.\u201d The new war group was created in response to the \u201cneed for confronting U.S. naval forces,\u201d <\/span>accordin<\/span>g<\/span><\/a> <\/span>to Iran\u2019s Press TV.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n These announcements were made just over a month before Iran kicks off its next round of war games, which, for the first time, will include \u201ca drill in the cyber field,\u201d accordin<\/span>g<\/span><\/a> to the state-run Fars News Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Tehran\u2019s latest round of military muscle flexing comes just days after President Barack Obama praised the recently signed nuclear accord during his annual State of the Union address. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry responde<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/a> to the speech by calling Obama\u2019s comments \u201cunrealistic and unconstructive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n One of the Iranian generals in charge of the upcoming war games said that Tehran is constantly thinking about war.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen the enemy observes that our Armed Forces are constantly in wargame zones and their fingers are kept on the trigger, it will not dare to invade the Islamic Iran\u2019s borders,\u201d General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force, was quote<\/span>d<\/span><\/a> as saying this month by Fars.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Iran\u2019s military is slated to test \u201cnew home-made military tools, equipment, and weapons\u201d during the war games, according to Pourdastan.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, a top IRGC commander in charge of the new combat ship war group said Iran is focused on combatting America\u2019s naval presence in the Persian Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n The simulators at Iran\u2019s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base are designed to simulate the operations of Hawk and Skyguard air defence systems. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe U.S. and its allies\u2019 enmity toward the Islamic Revolution is not hypothetical, but rather it is a tangible animosity whose physical manifestation will be in the sea,\u201d Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the IRGC\u2019s Navy, was quote<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/a> as saying on Tuesday during a public address at an Iranian university.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey [the United States] are a sea-based military force, and the Persian Gulf is the only part of the world for which Americans use the phrase \u2018vital national security interests,\u2019\u201d Fadavi reportedly said. \u201cIt is the phrase that they only use for their homeland and the Persian Gulf.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The newly unveiled anti-aircraft missile simulators will also help Tehran combat Western forces, according to the commander of Iran\u2019s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The missile simulators are specifically designed to mimic the Hawk and Skyguard anti-aircraft system, both of which are used to down enemy planes from moderate distances, according to Fars.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe can simulate targets in real-scales and in different classes of missiles, airplanes, helicopters and drones by using these simulators which are completely independent and needless of operating systems,\u201d Iranian Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli explained to Fars.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Iran-unveils-simulators-for-air-defence-systems.jpg\" "\\"Iran")
<\/a>New anti-aircraft missile simulators have been installed at Iran\u2019s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, according to a top Iranian military commander, who said the systems would be used to train soldiers in the art of downing enemy aircraft, accordin<\/span>g<\/span><\/a> to Iranian press reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>