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| IRGC launches Val Fajr military drills in central Iran |
| 2012-02-20 |
| Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has launched massive military maneuvers in the Yazd Province to improve the combat preparedness of Iranian armed forces in the event of an attack. Deputy Commander of IRGC Ground Forces Brigadier General Abdollah Araghi said that all aspects of passive defense, dispersion of military forces, deception of enemy, camouflage as well as the elements that would save functioning forces will be practiced during the drills codenamed "Val Fajr." The senior IRGC commander said that while all phases of "Val Fajr" drills have been planned in a centralized manner, they will be carried out in a decentralized approach. "This means that every member of the military [forces] wherever he is stationed must show self-reliance and use the equipment he has to fight the mock enemy and complete his mission," he added. Brigadier General Araghi added that the integration of curvilinear and linear artillery fire together with various forms of kaboom will be put into effect during Val Fajr ground drills. Last month, the IRGC staged Shohaday-e Vahdat (Martyrs of Unity) maneuvers in the vicinity of Khaf city in east Iran to enhance the combat capabilities of IRGC armored forces and to practice asymmetric war tactics against mock enemy. The IRGC Ground Forces also carried out Hamiyan-e Velayat (Supporters of the Just Jurisprudent) from February 4 to 5 near Jahrom city in southern Iran in which all the elements of aerial combat were put into practice. |
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