ALBAWABA - Reports from Iran's Fars News Agency say that the Iranian Navy has sent a strong message of warning to U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf after showing them new ways to use modern naval mines.
The news comes at a time when tensions in the region are rising and military pressure from the US and its partners is growing. Iranian news outlets said the move was a clear warning to the U.S. naval presence in the area.
The report says that Iran has come up with very advanced ways to set up minefields that are linked to each other in important shipping lanes, especially in the Persian Gulf and around the Strait of Hormuz. Analysts from Iran say that the area's heavy commercial shipping traffic makes it especially open to asymmetric naval warfare, and that any interruption would have effects on the whole world's economy.
Fars said that Iran's plan depends on a network that connects coastal radar systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic monitoring tools, and sensors that are submerged in water. These assets are meant to help with tracking and planning in real time in case of a fight.
The story also said that Iranian naval mines would be used along with other military tools like fast attack boats, coastal missile batteries, armed drones, and electronic warfare systems. All of these parts are meant to slow down or reroute enemy ships and make it harder for the military to respond.
There are a lot of different types of mines in Iran's military arsenal, from standard moored and bottom mines to mobile and "smart" systems with sensors for acoustic, magnetic, and hydrodynamic signals. The goal of these technologies is to improve aiming accuracy while lowering the number of accidental explosions.
One of the advanced systems that was talked about was a new generation of mines, which includes models like "Nafez-2" and "Arvand." Iranian officials say that these mines can move around more easily and be hidden better.
At the same time, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, head of the Armed Forces of Iran, said the country's military is ready to act right away to any attack. He said that any move to start a war with Iran would make things worse in the region and cost its enemies strategically.
Mousavi made it clear that Iran does not want to go to war, but it will take strong action to protect its national security, territorial unity, and important interests.
These events happen at a time when Iran is under more pressure from other countries and is also facing trouble at home caused by bad economic conditions. Tehran has said many times that the US is trying to use turmoil in Iran's own country as an excuse to get involved, and it has promised a strong response to any military action, no matter how small.
