Iran's Guard attacks mock US carrier in drills near strait
By AP | 25 Feb, 2015, 06.35PM IST
TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched large-scale naval and air defence drills near a strategic Gulf waterway today in which dozens of speedboats swarmed a replica of a US aircraft carrier.
The drill, named Great Prophet 9, was held near the Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world's oil passes. Iran's regular army carried out naval drills near the strait in December.
State TV showed footage of missiles fired from the coast and the fast boats striking th ..
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