TEHRAN – The helicopters of the airborne division of Iran’s Army Ground Force on Tuesday carried out a nighttime mission to airlift the special forces attending a war game held in northeastern border regions.
Various units of the Army Ground Forces, including the artillery, armored divisions, airborne units, drone squads, electronic warfare units, and missile groups were participating in the military exercise in Iran’s northeastern regions.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the exercise, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force’s Airborne Division General Qassem Khamoushi said the military helicopters equipped with homegrown night-vision systems transferred the special forces of a rapid reaction brigade to the war game zone in a nocturnal heliborne operation.
He noted that the warplanes of the airborne division of the Army Ground Force have also provided aerial support for the troops conducting operations on the ground.
Brigadier General Karim Cheshak, deputy commander for Army’s Ground Forces for Operations, also said that the exercise involved the use of Fajr-5 missiles and precision-guided artillery, supported by heavy fire from Cobra helicopters targeting simulated terrorist group locations.
General Cheshak said the primary objective of the war game was to enhance the combat readiness of the Army Ground Forces.
“This exercise prepares our forces for response and counter-operations against any aggressive action,” he said.
He further noted that the drill aimed to demonstrate Iran’s military edge and power in the face of psychological operations by the enemy while bolstering national morale, unity, and cohesion.
The commander noted that the exercise also sought to promote deterrence and disrupt enemy calculations. “We rehearsed pre-planned strategies using the latest weapons and equipment of the Army Ground Forces,” he added.
Brigadier General Nozar Nemati, deputy commander of the Ground Forces, said an “integrated system for countering all types of UAVs”, which had previously been in the testing phase, has now been operationally assessed during this exercise.
Iranian forces successfully destroyed hostile targets with Fajr-5 missiles, displaying their ability to deploy UAVs directly from their bases to target and eliminate simulated enemy fortifications and equipment.