He pointed to the military exercises being held by the Iranian Armed Forces to in order to prepare them for countering enemy threats, stressing, “The destruction of US naval forces is among the objectives being pursued by the IRGC Navy."
The mission is being performed on a replica of a US aircraft carrier because destroying and sinking American warships have been and will remain on our program,” Fadavi said, adding that it would take less than a minute to destroy on of the US ships. He went on to say that the Islamic Republic has acquired ultra-speed missiles that are capable of striking underwater targets.