Great Prophet IX

The exercise was conducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) The exercise practiced an attack against an enemy's aircraft carrier, the first time such an attack was practiced in an Iranian war game. This included an attack on a 1:1 replica of a , which was made completely of metal and designed to not get sunk after being hit by rockets fired from Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGCN) rocket-armed speedboats. After getting hits from speedboats, Sepah Navy Special Force (SNSF) Takavar members boarded it, firing at simulated enemies, then clearing it, finally leaving it abandoned. ==Media reaction==

The building of the mock-up aircraft carrier before the war game was announced sparked media frenzy in the US and Israel, which noticed its construction through satellite images and were unaware of Iranians' agenda. It was labeled as a "symbol of mistrust" by a CNN article and "black propaganda" by Israeli-based Ynet, speculated by analysts that it is being built "for propaganda purposes", and was described to be part of "military deception tactics", as a movie prop, or for training purposes. == Gallery ==

File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (11).jpg|IRGCN frogmen equipped with T9 and Z-84 submachine guns in an amphibious exercise of Great Prophet IX war games exercise File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (2).jpg|IRGCN frogman equipped with T9 submachine gun in Great Prophet IX war games exercise File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (1).jpg|An S.N.S.F. Marine equipped with KL-7.62 File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (5).jpg|IRGCN marine on a 1988 Yamaha YZ250 (used as a "Combat Motorbike"). File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (6).jpg|An IRGCN Team approaching the shore, two marines are seen on an ATV. File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (4).jpg|Rocket-armed Speedboats firing rockets on the Nimitz replica. File:IRGC naval exercise-2015 (10).jpg|Personal water crafts of IRGCN. ==See also==