Iranian Army Starts Military Drills

• 11.08.2021, 12:59
•  Region,  World

The Iranian Army started the Zolfaqar 1400 joint drills on Sunday with the Air Force's F-4 bombers destroying ground targets with optimized missiles, Fars News reports. 

The Iranian Army Air Force's F-4 bombers carried out long-range flights from their bases to the general zone of the exercises and conducted air refueling operations from the tanker aircraft, destroying ground targets of the hypothetical enemy with optimized missiles, including a new generation of optimized air-to-surface missiles in the general zone of the wargames.

Addressing the Army commanders during the ‘Zolfaqar 1400’ military drills on Sunday, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid cautioned the enemies of Iran not to test the will and power of the Iranian Armed Forces.

The enemies should refrain from testing the power of the Army and IRGC, General Rashid said.

He stressed the capabilities and combat readiness of the Iranian, and said, "The Iranian Army and Armed Forces are always ready for a strategic, operational and tactical confrontation with the aim of maintaining the security, stability and territorial integrity of Iran against the coalition of enemies (specifically the US-Zionist coalition)."