General Salami:‎

IRGC developing weaponry proportional to threats

Major General Hoseyn Salami said the IRGC’s program to boost capabilities and develop weapons is based ‎on the nature of the threats and a clear understanding of the enemy’s strengths and ‎weaknesses.‎

News ID: 450531

Date: 28 July 2020 - 20:18

RNA – Major General Hoseyn Salami, the Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards ‎Corps (IRGC), said the IRGC’s program to boost capabilities and develop weapons is based ‎on the nature of the threats and a clear understanding of the enemy’s strengths and ‎weaknesses.‎

In remarks on the sidelines of a large-scale war game in southern Iran, Major General Salami ‎said the military drills launched by the IRGC are designed to mirror the real war conditions ‎and match the scenario of confrontation with real enemies.‎

‎“Development of our equipment and arms are proportional to the threats and a real ‎understanding of the enemy’s weak and strong points,” the commander said.‎

He also emphasized that the IRGC’s defence doctrine is based upon production of ‎homegrown military gear, saying updated and more advanced weapons are employed in ‎every new war game.‎

The IRGC’s strategy is based on defending Iran’s interests, he stated. “We will never start an ‎attack on any country, but our tactics and operations are totally offensive.”‎

Major General Salami said the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force units have exercised fully ‎offensive operations in Tuesday’s drill, including tactics to strike intruding hostile vessels with ‎a combination of missile firings, naval combats, and offensive mine-laying operations.‎

Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet) war game has been held in Iran’s southern ‎province of Hormozgan, western parts of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf.‎

The final stage of the war game included joint operations by missile units, vessels and ‎drones from the IRGC Navy and missile, drone and radar units from the IRGC Aerospace ‎Force.‎

Satellite images taken by Iran’s homegrown ‘Nour’ (light) satellite that was launched into ‎space in April have been used to evaluate the situation in the war game zone.‎

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