Iranian Revolutionary Guards announces the success of the Great Prophet 19 drills
The commander of the naval forces in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Ali Reza Tangsiri, announced Sunday, that the Great Prophet 19 drills achieved the previously set goals by testing new equipment, conducting various operations, and successfully targeting supposed enemy sites.
Tangsiri explained that on the second day of the drills, which bears the name of Martyr Hossein Manjezi, surface-to-sea and surface-to-surface missiles with different ranges were launched, noting that in these drills, for the first time, the Nawab missile was launched in support of the air cover of the Martyr Qassem Soleimani submarine and successfully hit its targets.
In addition, the commander of the IRGC Navy said that on the second day of these drills, active and intelligent subsurface systems also carried out their operations successfully.
The drills included launching the new missile mine operation that can cover a large area, and cruise missiles, 360 ballistic missiles, and advanced missiles with greater range and targeting accuracy were used against electronic warfare.
Tangsiri explained that the Navy of the Guard and the Ministry of Defense are currently manufacturing long-range cruise missiles exceeding a thousand kilometers, using artificial intelligence technology, which hit targets at different altitudes.
He pointed out that there are very sensitive sites, such as gas and petrochemical complexes and platforms, nuclear power plants, islands, oil platforms and refineries, all of which need to be defended and the necessary defensive exercises have been conducted for this.
Regarding drones, he explained that the Guards’ naval forces equipped the Mohajer 6 and Ababil 5 drones with the Qaem and Almas artificial intelligence missiles.
These drills also included the launch of the Navvab defensive missile from the strategic ship of Martyr Soleimani, underwater operations by the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards, the launch of ballistic missiles from the coast to the sea, an exchange of fire at a range of up to 200 levels, the downing of enemy aircraft with Kowsar 222 missiles, and the launching of naval patrols.
