“If they do not deliver S-300 defensive system to us, we have replacements and we can supply our operational requirements through innovative techniques and different designs,” Deputy Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base for Coordination General Hassan Mansourian told reporters on the sidelines of countrywide military drills, codenamed ‘’Modafean-e Aseman-e-Velayat 2’.“In times of crisis, we endeavor to supply all the needed materials from inside the country by initiating wide-range steps and continued research,” Mansourian added.
Elsewhere, he pointed out that different types of weapons and equipments, including radars, missiles and anti cruise systems will be tested during the exercises.
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Oil rallied not on Iranian war games but on the effect that gold had on the dollar. The stock market rallied in part because of strong gold stocks and oil stocks that were led higher by you guessed it - gold. The move in this amazingly strong metal overshadowed everything
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091124/energy-report-tuesday-november-24.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9175697
Earlier IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari stated that the IRGC is preparing infrastructures for confronting military, hard and soft threats, adding that the IRGC had entrusted the duty for confrontation against soft threats to the Basij (volunteer) forces.
Earlier in March, Commander Jafari said that fighting enemies’ soft threats is the most important task of the Basij (volunteer) forces.
“Today, the most important and main mission of Basij is confronting the soft threats and cultural invasion which is stealthily targeting the (Iranian) youth,” Jafari said.
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