Iran’s young soldiers show off indigenous hardware in ‘battle-like’ drills (VIDEOS) — RT World News

Tehran praises the Iranian defense hardware, which it has developed in-house. The Iranian army is currently conducting a military exercise to familiarize its young personnel with combative conditions.
On Sunday, Iran’s armed forces kicked off their latest exercise, ‘Zolfaghar 1400’, under the command of the army’s Zolfaghar base. Alireza Sabahi Fard, the commander of Iran’s Army Air Defense Force, said the drills used only domestically manufactured systems, including reconnaissance equipment, radar systems, and electronic warfare kits.
Online videos show how the exercise was conducted, with the unmanned suicide drones and rotary assets being used, as well as parachute operations.
مراحل اصلی رزمايش مشترک ذوالفقار ۱۴۰۰ ارتش با حضور یگانهای پیاده، زرهی و مکانیزه نیروی زمینی ارتش، سامانههای پدافندی نیروی پدافند هوایی، شناورهای سطحی و زیرسطحی با پشتیبانی جنگندهها و پهپادهای نیروی هوایی ارتش در سواحل مکران آغاز شد. pic.twitter.com/4EQQtACtlJ
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) November 7, 2021
On Monday, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani stated that the exercise provided an opportunity for younger soldiers to experience battle-like conditions. Irani claimed that the primary purpose of the military exercises was to transfer technical knowledge to younger individuals.
He said Iran’s forces truly had the upper hand against aggressors and could defend the country.
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