Iran fires missile at mock US aircraft carrier during exercise
2020-07-29 09:35:18 source：The Aljazeera
July 28, 2020
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica US aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported on Tuesday, an exercise aimed at threatening the US amid tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The exercises - dubbed "Prophet Muhammad 14th" - were held near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of global oil output.
Footage of the war games broadcast on state television showed the Guard's air and naval forces readying for an attack off the country's southwestern coast.
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