Iran navy conducts “massive drill” in Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman
The Iranian navy is no match for the US navy, which has major assets in the Persian Gulf, but Iran’s display is meant to show that its locally-designed ships and submarines can perform too.
A Nour missile is test fired off Iran's first domestically made destroyer, Jamaran, on the southern shores of Iran in the Persian Gulf March 9, 2010(photo credit: REUTERS/EBRAHIM NOROOZI/IIPA)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN