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Iran says it has 100 vessels for each US warship:

The former naval chief for Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the country has set aside 100 military vessels to confront each warship from the U.S. Or any other foreign power that might pose a threat, an Iranian newspaper reported Saturday. Ref. Source 4

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This is similar to what Saddam used to say prior to the US invasion the first time with his million man army. If there were to be a strike on Iran I doubt it will be in the form of ships coming in like the Trojans did, that's middle ages stuff. The US or Israel will likely used tactical assaults from miles away: bombers, guided missiles, satellite systems, etc.

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Seven Iranian soldiers killed in landmines blasts on Iraqi Kurdistan-Iran borders:

"Four land mines have blown off consequently against an Iranian patrol inside the Iraqi borders, close to Qandil Mountain at the border village of Koya Kani-Rush in northeast Erbil, killing and wounding a number of its elements," the Commander of the 43rd Peshmerga Force, Major-General Halgurd Khidher, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Ref. Source 2

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Iran to Drop $4-bln Claim if Russia Delivers S-300 Missiles:

Envoy: Iran sued Russia's state-run arms corporation Rosoboronexport in the international arbitration court in Geneva last April. Ambassador Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi said in an interview with the Russian Izvestia daily that Iran demanded $900 million in compensation over Russia's failure to deliver the systems, but the court added another $3 billion to the compensation. Ref. Source 9

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Iran to test fire indigenously-produced Hog missile system in military drill:

Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram, the spokesperson for the massive maneuver, said that Iranian forces had successfully detected, identified and intercepted mock enemy aircraft on Tuesday. Ref. Source 6

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ISIL kills top Iranian commander in Syria:

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, the guards said in a statement. Ref. Source 8w

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Iran says S-300 air defense system now 'operational';

Tehran announces it has successfully tested advanced Russian-made system delivered last year, using it to destroy airborne targets Ref. Source 8b.

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This is one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world and a real threat to our planes. That said, our pilots are the best in the world and it's a darn site easier to hit a target drone than a US plane with a world class pilot.