Russia, China, Iran navies carry out firing drills in Gulf of Oman, say Russian agencies

The navies of Russia, Iran and China have carried out live fire and other drills in the Gulf of Oman as part of annual joint naval exercises, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.

“Over the course of two days, the ships’ crews conducted daytime and night-time fire from large-calibre machine guns and small arms at targets simulating unmanned boats and unmanned aerial vehicles of a mock enemy,” the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying.

One of the key practised tasks, added Reuters, was a joint search for a vessel captured by mock terrorist groups, as well as an operation by special units to free it.

After completing the tasks, the ships returned to the Iranian port of Chabahar for the drills’ closing ceremony, reported TASS.

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