Source / Courtesy: RT.com
RT: With tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sky-high, Iranian plans to conduct the country’s “greatest naval war games” could coincide with joint US-Israeli exercises in the Persian Gulf. With both sides taking positions, could a real battle be looming?
Hopefully the massive exercises will remain just that. But with three armies on the playing board, one spark could be enough to ignite an all-out war.
Iran, which recently held a 10-day naval exercise near the Strait of Hormuz to demonstrate its military prowess, is now planning new, ‘massive’ naval drills codenamed The Great Prophet.
The drills will be carried out by the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard, which has its own air, naval and ground forces separate from those of the regular military.
On Thursday, the semiofficial Fars news agency quoted the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s naval commander, Admiral Ali Fadavi, as saying the next round of war games would be “different” from previous ones, AP reports.
However, on the same day, an Israeli military spokesman speaking under condition of anonymity said his country was gearing up for the largest joint missile defense exercise ever held with the United States.
The drill, called “Austere Challenge 12,” is scheduled to take place in the upcoming weeks. Its primary purpose is to test multiple Israeli and US air defense systems, especially the “Arrow” system, which the country specifically developed with help from the US to intercept Iranian missiles.
Perhaps more alarmingly to the Iranian leadership, thousands of US troops will be deployed to Israel in support of the drill.
Categories: Asia, Iran, Israel, United States, War
That is so dangerous. May Allah protect all the humanity from such evil forces. It seems millions of innocent people may die just because of the foolishness of their leaders.
Khuda khair karey.
I have been haring about WW III predictions ever since I was a child, and none of them ever happened to be true. Bigger things have happened than what is happening in Strait of Hormuz, and no such large scale war has happened. So I can confidently assure everybody that Strait of Hormuz won’t lead to a World War either.
I agree to what Zeeshan said. The real time and issues that will relate to war is something only Allah(swt) knows and they to whom Allah(swt) makes to know. We being his servants can only make prayer for averting his wrath and in stead his mercy to manifest. I see that lot of folks are in some kind of war mongering. We should not forget that prior to WW I, such mongering amongst civilians and intellectuals actually led to the war. We need to keep in mind that rulers of the land have the same character as that of those who are being ruled. At least, if those who are being ruled abstain from this kind of forecasting of war. Then it might possibly be averted for a safer period. Allah be our guide in all our affairs. Aameen
Well can all pray, but with the way the elite behave they are increasing in their defiance to God and there is only one way this can be addressed that is by his wrath. We need to be prepared. May Allah protect innocent humanity from chastisement that will come to those who deserve it.
Well, the bankers are doing such an excellent job in destroying the world that, may be, the atomic bomb is not even needed?