Iran’s large-scale war games come after the Pentagon revealed on Thursday that its forces had conducted airstrikes on military installations in eastern Syria, which it said were “used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”
The Iranian Army’s Ground Force has begun a massive military exercise in the central region of the country with the objective of assessing the combat capabilities of various military units and testing new weaponry.
The drills started in the Nasrabad region of Isfahan on Friday with the presence of senior military commanders, including Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh.
A spokesperson for the drills provided details about the exercise, stating that it involves various units of the Army, including infantry, armored, missile, artillery, aviation, drones, as well as electronic, modern, and cyber warfare units.
He emphasized that the exercise, in line with the new organizational structure, focuses on four key features, namely speed, precision, intelligence, and the ability to automate and network military equipment.
These four features will be assessed in various stages of the exercise through field evaluations.
Source: https://en.irna.ir/news/85272168/Iran-Army-s-ground-force-kicks-off-massive-military-drills
