Iran�s�Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)�Navy�has launched drills to show its power and combat defense readiness in protecting the security of the Persian Gulf as well as the country�s islands.

The exercises kicked off in Abu Musa Island on Wednesday with the presence of local authorities as well as a group of military commanders and officials, including IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami and�IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali-Reza Tangsiri.

It involves operational combat, vessel, missile, drone, air-sea, electronic warfare and rapid response units, along with Basij volunteer forces.

Brigadier General Ali Ozmaei,�commander of Imam Muhammad Baqir operational base�of the IRGC Navy, said that the vessels of Martyr Hojaji Special Unit, equipped with missiles with a range of 600 kilometers, were present in the drills to defend the island�s territory.

In addition to missile- and rocket-launching vessels, helicopters and aircraft took part in the maneuvers, during which 50 paratroopers successfully performed a heliborne operation, he noted.

�One of the important features of the drills was the use of drones and unmanned vessels that were upgraded through artificial intelligence,� the commander said.

�Another feature of the exercises was the transfer of troops from the mainland to Abu Musa Island and the Greater Tunb in less than 15 minutes using helicopters and airplanes.�

He further warned that the trans-regional countries have no place in the Persian Gulf and�that they should leave the region.

By Press TV