Iranian Army shoots down invading high-tech Hermes drones
IRGC targets with missiles US destroyer in Indian Ocean
The Iranian Army reported on Wednesday that its air defense systems successfully destroyed six advanced enemy drones over the last 24 hours as they were flying over the Iranian territory.
The Army stated in a communique that the drones were intercepted and shot down by the integrated systems of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base.
It further specified that six advanced “Hermes” drones were targeted and destroyed across various regions, including Isfahan, Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Khuzestan Province, and the greater Tehran area.
Since the beginning of the war on Saturday, a total of 35 advanced hostile drones have been intercepted and downed, the Army reported.
These operations were executed by ground-based air defense units, fighter jets from the Air Force, and units of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), all operating under the country’s integrated air defense network.
The Ground Force of the IRGC also announced to have responded to the Israeli-US aggression against Iran with 3 major operations.
Declaring another phase of Operation True Promise 4 on Wednesday, IRGC’s Public Relations stated that immediately after the joint Israeli-US aggression against Iran, its ground forces launched more than 230 assault drones towards targets in the Occupied Lands and US bases in the region.
“Firing dozens of drones in several waves towards the US military bases in Erbil, and Kuwait, and destroying several terrorist groups’ headquarters in northern Iraq, were the first actions of brave soldiers of the IRGC against child-killing aggressors,” said the announcement.
The IRGC also announced that an American destroyer was targeted and hit by Qadr-380 and Talayieh missiles while refueling in the Indian Ocean.
“The naval operation of the IRGC against a strategic US target more than 600 kilometers into the Indian Ocean was carried out with a powerful strike,” the IRGC said in a statement on Wednesday.
“As part of this operation’s series of actions, an American destroyer was hit by IRGC Navy’s Qadr-380 and Talayieh missiles, while refueling from an American fuel ship in the Indian Ocean, 650 kilometers off the coast of Iran,” it said.
According to the statement, intelligence reports show that a severe fire broke out on the deck of both ships and its smoke darkened the sky over the ocean.
The US and Israeli armed forces began their aggression against Iran on Saturday by attacking 30 targets across the capital Tehran, killing several senior Iranian officials.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was also martyred in the Saturday attack.
Since then, Iranian Armed Forces have swiftly and decisively retaliated against these strikes by launching barrages of missile and drones against the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US bases in region.
According to the IRGC, Iran’s retaliatory strikes left more than 680 casualties for American troops in various US bases in the first two days of the war.
Iranian officials have stressed that targeting US military bases in the region constitutes “legitimate self-defense.”
Referring to Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, they say that Iran has the legal right to defend itself against “acts of aggression” by the US or the Israeli regime.