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Iran launches 3-day fighter jets drill over Arabian Gulf: report
AP
Published: June 22, 2009, 16:49
Tehran: Iranian state radio says the country has launched air force
manoeuvres in its airspace over the Arabian Gulf.
The drill is a show of strength at a time of domestic turmoil over the
country's disputed presidential election.
The report says the three-day Air Force exercise, which began Monday,
will use both Russian-made Sukhoi and Iranian-made Saegheh jet fighters.
It says the jets will fly in Iranian airspace over the Arabian Gulf and
the adjoining Gulf of Oman the passageway for about 40 percent of the world's
crude.
Iran showcased the Saegheh in 2006, claiming it is similar to but more
powerful than the American F-18.
The radio quotes General Hossein Chitforoosh as saying the drill seeks to
improve the air force's operational capability
