JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy mentioned on Thursday (Mar 19) that its fighter jets had struck a number of Iranian naval vessels within the Caspian Sea the day prior to this, together with vessels outfitted with anti-submarine missiles.
The targets included ships outfitted with missile methods, help vessels and patrol craft, the navy mentioned, including {that a} port command centre was additionally hit within the operation.
The focused Iranian ships have been additionally outfitted with aerial surveillance methods and anti-submarine missiles, the navy mentioned.
“It is without doubt one of the most vital strikes carried out by the IDF because the begin of Operation Roaring Lion,” the navy mentioned in an announcement.
“Now we have for the primary time carried out strikes in northern Iran within the Caspian Sea,” navy spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani advised journalists in a separate briefing.
“That is the primary time we’ve got executed that in our historical past … We have been in a position to goal their naval shipyard the place they’ll repair or construct new ships,” he mentioned, including that Israel had struck greater than 200 targets throughout Iran over the previous 36 hours.
