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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

war games

Illustrative: Iranian and Russian warships taking part in a joint naval drill in the northern Indian Ocean, February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army office / AFP)
January 15, 2025, 11:57 am
Iran unveils new spy ship during major war games – state media
‘Zagros’ category reportedly equipped with electronic sensors, has cyber-operations capabilities; navy chief says vessel will be ‘watchful eye’ on oceans
By AFP
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy fast attack craft IRIS Zereh (P235) at sea during the "Maritime Security Belt 2024" combined naval exercise between Iran, Russia, and China in the Gulf of Oman, in an image released on March 12, 2024. (AFP / IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY)
October 24, 2024, 11:33 am
Iran and Saudi Arabia hold joint naval exercise in Sea of Oman
Saudi spokesman confirms war games; Iran’s naval chief, state media indicate joint drills with ex-foe Riyadh in Red Sea, Indian Ocean
By AFP and ToI Staff
Russian military vehicles during a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)
August 29, 2018, 6:15 am
Russia to hold biggest military drills since Cold War
Almost 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft will take part in mass war games ‘even bigger’ than Soviet Union’s huge 1981 Zapad exercises
By Anna MALPAS
As-Sadiq class missile boat Oqbah (525) of the Royal Saudi Navy participates in a photo exercise with ships from the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) during a bilateral exercise in the Persian Gulf. (US Navy)
October 4, 2016, 7:37 pm
Amid Iran tensions, Saudi holds live-fire drills in Persian Gulf
Kingdom’s navy, air force, marines and ‘special units’ take part in war games to protect against ‘any possible aggression’
By AFP
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech to military personnel in Manila, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)
October 4, 2016, 5:52 pm
Duterte tells Obama ‘you can go to hell’ in new tirade
Philippines president continues verbal assault against US after boasting about his deadly drug crackdown that he compared to the Holocaust
By Agencies
US Major General Ralph H. Groover (R) and Jordanian Brigadier General Fahed Al-Damen shake hands following a press conference about the 2016 "Eager Lion" joint military exercise in Amman, on May 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
May 15, 2016, 5:36 pm
Only US to join annual Jordan war games
As 17 other nations opt out of ‘Eager Lion’ drills, Jordanian general downplays their absence
By AFP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking at a meeting in Tehran, November 1, 2015. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)
May 3, 2016, 7:25 am
Iran criticizes US presence in the Persian Gulf
Khamenei slams American naval war games in region, tells US to ‘go back to the Bay of Pigs’
By AP
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford speaks with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in his office at the ministry's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 3, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
March 3, 2016, 6:09 pm
US, Israeli military chiefs stress cooperation to tackle challenges
Dunford’s second visit to the Jewish state in six months demonstrates the importance the relationship, he says
By Judah Ari Gross
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford meets with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in his office in army headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 3, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
March 3, 2016, 1:09 pm
US military chief back in Israel amid aid talks
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford to meet with defense minister, IDF head, reaffirms Washington’s ‘unparalleled military cooperation with Israel’
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon attends the joint US-Israeli Juniper Cobra drill in Haifa on February 22, 2016. (Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry)
February 22, 2016, 7:02 pm
Defense minister: American aid package to be finalized in ‘weeks’
Kicking off joint US-Israeli drill, Ya’alon says US and Russia understand Israel will only intervene in Syria to protect its interests
By Joshua Davidovich and Judah Ari Gross
IDF soldiers take part in an exercise in the army's Northern Command on January 20, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
January 20, 2016, 11:17 pm
IDF holds multi-front war games on northern border
Major military drill designed to prepare troops for long-term conflict with Hezbollah, Islamic jihad terror groups
By ToI Staff
An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Su-24MK fighter aircraft (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Shahram Sharifi/Wikimedia)
September 6, 2015, 3:21 pm
Iran jets carry out ‘successful’ large-scale exercise
Fighter planes hit mock enemy targets in drill aimed to boost air force skills
By ToI Staff
"The Iron Fist," a poster published on Ali Khamenei's website in August 2015, asserting Iran's strength in the wake of the nuclear deal (MEMRI)
September 5, 2015, 6:53 pm
Tehran brags at superpowers’ ‘surrender’ in nuclear deal
Khamenei website publishes poster hailing Iran as foremost regional power; defense minister crows about humbling of ‘regime of arrogance’
By ToI Staff
An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Su-24MK fighter aircraft (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Shahram Sharifi/Wikimedia)
September 4, 2015, 10:40 pm
Iran announces Air Force war games, with focus on combat
Drill involves reconnaissance and intelligence, striking targets, and ‘passive air defense,’ commander says
By ToI Staff
April 13, 2013, 1:16 pm
Iran test-fires three new missile types
Tehran’s envoy in Paris says an Israeli strike could trigger third world war
By Yifa Yaakov
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