Great Prophet IX

The Great Prophet IX (Persian: پیامبر اعظم 9, romanized: Payambar-e-Azam 9) is an Iranian war games exercise in the general area of Strait of Hormuz in Larak Island, Persian Gulf, started at February 25, 2015 and finished at February 27, 2015.

The maneuver was conducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and began by an order from Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, with different naval units of IRGC On February 25, 2015. The ceremony kicking off the maneuver included Iranian senior officials including Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the IRGC chief commander; Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the IRGC Aerospace Force commander; Ali Fadavi, the IRGC Navy commander; Mohammad Pakpour, the IRGC land forces commander; Brigadier General Hossein Salami, IRGC’s second-in-command; plus Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and film director Ebrahim Hatamikia attended to kicking off the maneuver ceremony. The Great Prophet IX war games goal was to show IRGC’s missile and rocket-armed speedboats combat power to trans regional powers as well as to enhance the defense capabilities of IRGC’s operating units and test modern military tactics and equipment.

Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari explained about aim of the maneuver in the beginning of drills. He said the drill aim is creation of security and peace in the Persian Gulf region and the IRGC's naval forces control the Sea of Oman, the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf.

What makes this naval exercise distinct from other similar exercises, is that this exercise practices plans on attack against imaginary enemy's aircraft carrier. This exercise included an attack on a 1:1 replica of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which was made completely of metal and designed to not get sunk after being hit by rockets fired from IRGCN rocket-armed speedboats. After getting hits from speedboats, S.N.S.F. Takavar members boarded it, firing at imaginary enemies, then conducting a clear-and-hold mission, therefore leaving it abandoned.[1]

Gallery

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  IRGCN frogmen equipped with T9 and Z-84 submachine guns in an amphibious exercise of Great Prophet IX war games exercise
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  IRGCN frogman equipped with T9 submachine gun in Great Prophet IX war games exercise
• An S.N.S.F. Marine equipped with Igla (SA-18) MANPADS.
  An S.N.S.F. Marine equipped with Igla (SA-18) MANPADS.
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  An S.N.S.F. Marine equipped with KL-7.62
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  IRGCN marine on a Yamaha WR series bike (used as a "Combat Motorbike").
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  An IRGCN Team approaching the shore, two marines are seen on an ATV.
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  Rocket-armed Speedboats firing rockets on the Nimitz replica.
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  Personal water crafts of IRGCN.

See also

• Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

External links

Pictures of Great Prophet IX maneuver