21/11/2009 Iranian air defense forces will conduct five days of maneuvers involving simulated attacks on the country's nuclear sites, a senior air defense commander said on Saturday.
"From tomorrow (Sunday) we will start a big aerial defense maneuver that will last for five days ... covering an area of some 600,000 square kilometers in north, southwestern Iran and parts of south and central Iran," Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani, the army air defense chief was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying.
The aim of the exercises is to thwart the aerial threat posed by an imaginary enemy on Iran's nuclear facilities -- from reconnaissance to actual assault -- and also to improve cooperation among different units.
"Due to the threats against our nuclear facilities it is our duty to defend out nation's vital facilities and thus this maneuver covers Bushehr, Fars, Isfahan, Tehran and western provinces," he added.
"Our unit will be in charge of the maneuver but there will be units from Revolutionary Guards and the Basij (militia)," he added.
Iran's still unoperational nuclear plant is in the southern Bushehr province and its other nuclear sites, namely uranium enrichment plants, are in Isfahan and near Tehran.
The Islamic Republic has often held defense war games and has boasted advances in military capabilities in a bid to show its readiness to counter any military threats over its nuclear program.
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