Article Posted on : - May 06, 2010

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JASK, HORMUZGAN PROV (BNS): Iranian Navy has started the second stage of ‘Velayat 89’ war games in the country’s southern waters on Thursday.

According to IRNA news agency, the navy will perform the eight-day military exercise in the Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean covering an area of 250,000 square kilometers.

Iranian Navy's five-stage war games will display its defensive and deterrent naval power in the Islamic Republic’s southern waters.

The war games will use combat, support, logistic, radar and electronic units as well as surface-to-surface, under water and air missiles using the fighter aircraft of the air force.

The newly deployed warship ‘Jamaran’ will also take part in the naval exercise. The sea vessel has a displacement of around 1,400 tons and is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare, as per the media report.

The naval exercise kicked off just after the Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) completed major war games in the Gulf, Sea of Oman and also in the key oil route of Strait of Hormuz.