TEHRAN -- The Iranian army’s ground forces on Monday launched extensive security, offensive and counterterrorism drills near the country’s eastern borders.
The drills featured successful capture of hypothetical ringleaders and senior members of terrorist outfits, and preemptive attack against terror groups’ positions across the country’s borders.
The first stage of the exercises saw the special units of the forces’ rapid reaction division, especially the 65th Brigade of the Ground Forces’ Special Airborne Forces, crossing the common border, staging deterrent offensive against the groups, and trying to take away and ensnare the terrorist elements.
A specialized operation was carried out to collect intelligence on the identity and gathering of terrorists trying to infiltrate the country.
In doing so, they deployed various stealth and reconnaissance drones against the terrorist positions, destroying the targets with Fajr (Dawn) missiles that can fly as far as 110 kilometers, and Mohajer (Migrant) drones carrying Qa’em (Upright) bombs.
The operation was accompanied to the heavy airborne fire of helicopter gunships as well as strong firepower deployed by armored and artillery units.
The Army is fresh from taking delivery of as many as 1,000 advanced drones last week. Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said the drones enable the army to deal fatal blows to the enemy.