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| Iran plans war drill near Hormuz Strait | ||
| 2011-12-23 | ||
TEHRAN: Iran's Navy chief said Thursday his forces plan to hold a 10-day drill in international waters beyond the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf, an exercise that could bring Iranian ships into proximity with US Navy vessels.
Iranian hard-liners have come out with occasional threats that Tehran would seal off the key waterway if the US or Israel moved against the country's nuclear facilities. Adm. Habibollah Sayyari told Iranian state TV that the maneuvers, dubbed Velayat-90, will begin Saturday, He said they will be held in a 2,000-km stretch of sea off the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula and into the Gulf of Aden, near the entrance to the Red Sea. Sayyari denied an Iranian media report from last week that the drill would close the Strait of Hormuz. "There has been no decision yet on this," he was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.
Sayyari said the Iranian Navy would use submarines, warships, missiles and torpedoes as well as unmanned planes during the drill but that it would take place "within the framework of international norms." | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 The notion that Israel doesn't give a f*ck about oil markets when it's existence is threatened doesn't seems to penetrate. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-23 05:14 |
| #1 Iranian hard-liners have come out with occasional threats that Tehran would seal off the key waterway if the US or Israel moved against the country's nuclear facilities. I suppose the hulls of sunken Iranian warships could cause a problem in some places. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-12-23 03:20 |