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Friday, May 24, 2013

Near Iran, U.S. Hosts Huge Persian Gulf Wargame; 35 Ships, 41 Countries


Just nine months after hosting the biggest multinational mine-warfare exercises “ever” to be held in and around the Persian Gulf, the Navy’s 5th Fleet and its foreign partners outdid themselves with a second, even larger wargame.

More than 20 nations participated in September’s International Mine Counter-Measures Exercise 2012, collaborating against fictional ecoterrorists whose capabilities were suspiciously similar to the real-world arsenal of Iran.

This month, 41 nations and some private-sector companies participated in IMCMEX 2013, which despite the name expanded beyond minesweeping to practice protecting civilian oil tankers, oil rigs, ports, and even desalinization plants as well.

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2 comments:

  1. Chuck Hill25/5/13 01:02

    The "read more" did not work for me.

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  2. Ko Savonije25/5/13 09:51

    Thanks for the heads-up, the link has been corrected.

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