Great Prophet IX

The Great Prophet IX (Persian: پیامبر اعظم 9, romanized: Payambar-e-Azam 9) was an Iranian war games exercise in the general area of the Strait of Hormuz on Larak Island, Persian Gulf. It started on February 25, 2015 and finished on February 27, 2015. The exercise was notable for using a full scale mock-up of an American aircraft carrier as a target.

The exercise 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 Jafari explained about the aim of the maneuvers. He said the drill aim is creation of security and peace in the Persian Gulf region and the IRGC's naval forces control of the Sea of Oman, the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf.

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