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Navy Exercise-Unity 83 / GNR /

One-week Unity-83 military exercise underway in Persian Gulf

Chahbahar, Sistan-Baluchestan prov, May 16, IRNA -- The second day of
military exercise dubbed 'Unity 83' began on Saturday with engagement
between the Navy and the hypothetical enemy.
Spokesman for the exercise Lieutenant Admiral Hossein Fazli told
IRNA at the venue of the exercise that during the maneuver, which took
place at 22 degree latitude, navy marines opened fire from warships at
hypothetical enemy on a defensive drive.
"Despite the unsuitable weather in the area, the combat troops
managed to set a good record of defense operation," the spokesman
said.
Concurrent with the operation, buoyant radars and monitoring
system ushered in an electronic offensive against the hypothetical
enemy, he said.
"In the operation, an unmanned plane caught fire over Oman Sea
when hit by the hypothetical enemy's warship. It crashed into the sea
and its debris was recovered and taken to the coast by the tugboat,"
he said.
He said that submarines are also employed to attack the
hypothetical enemy. They are assigned to go on operation at night.
"Tonight the exercises will proceed with the submarines coming to
the surface of the sea to deploy marines for reconnaissance of the
hypothetical enemy in the sea," he added.
The air force will also take part in the operation to bomb the
positions of the hypothetical enemy, he said.
Fazli said that senior officers of the Navy are monitoring stages
of the operation at the site.
Meanwhile, helicopter operation to airlift marines and parachuting
them in to the battle zone is underway despite the bad weather which
is causing trouble for the pilots.
The one-week naval military exercise opened on Wednesday May 12.
It will continue until May 19.
It is being conducted on in an area of 400 square kilometers in
a part of the Persian Gulf, the Oman Sea and north of the Indian
Ocean.

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: :IRNA No.062 15 / 05 / 2004 18 :04 --End