According to Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh, the spokesman of the military exercise, the electronic warfare units of the four forces of the army carried out electronic warfare practices during the drill.

Sheikh said the electronic warfare units practiced disrupting the communication of drones with their ground base as well as electronic disruption of attacking drones.

“Also, in this phase of the exercise, an airborne operation to disrupt drone communication was successfully carried out by Ababil-4 and Kaman-19 drones,” he added.

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, said nearly 200 drones cover the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman in the south as well as in the northern, eastern and western areas within the country’s territories.

“In this phase of the drill, Chamorosh, Yasir, Sadeq, Pelican, Ababil-3, Ababil-4, Ababil-5, Kaman-12, Yazdan, Mohajer-2, Mohajer-6 drones were flown from different parts of the country, observed and identified targets, and guarded and monitored the desired areas in land, air and sea borders, as well as international waters,” he explained.

Sayyari added that maintaining and improving combat readiness is one of the inevitable principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and will be achieved by such exercises throughout the year.