Iran Shows Off Military Might To Ward Off US
Iran has marked the anniversary of the 1980 invasion by Iraq with a display of its latest military hardware in the capital Tehran. The Islamic Republic wants the United States to keep out of the Persian Gulf. Channel News Asia reports: At a parade in Tehran on Wednesday, shown on state TV, the military displayed long-range missiles, tanks, and the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system. At the port of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf, the navy showed off 500 vessels, as well as submarines and helicopters, at a time of high tension with the United States in the strategic waterway. U.S. officials say there have been more than 30 close encounters between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Gulf so far this year, over twice as many as in the same period of 2015. On Sept. 4, a U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack craft came within 100 yards (90 metres) of it in the central Gulf, at least the fourth such incident in less than a month, U.S. Defense Department officials said. “We tell the Americans that it’s better that the capital and wealth of the American people should not be [...]
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