00:25Iran's elite military force
00:28has simulated the destruction of a major U.S. airbase in the Gulf
00:32and released the footage to the world.
00:35And this wasn't just symbolic.
00:37It was detailed, it was deliberate, and it sent a message.
00:42The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC,
00:47carried out a high-profile live-fire drill
00:50under what it calls Combined Exercise 1404,
00:54the location Iran's southern coastline
00:58and the Medina-ul-Munawarra training ground.
01:01But here's what made this exercise different.
01:04They built a replica of Al-Dawfra Air Base in Abu Dhabi.
01:09Not just any base, Al-Dawfra hosts roughly 5,000 U.S. troops,
01:15fighter jets, refueling tankers, intelligence aircraft.
01:18It is a critical hub for U.S. Central Command operations in the region.
01:24And then they destroyed it.
01:26Video released by Iranian state media
01:29shows mobile missile launchers firing salvos,
01:33explosions ripping through aircraft shelters,
01:36bunkers erupting in flames,
01:38drones hovering overhead, guiding strikes and assessing damage,
01:43electronic warfare units reportedly jamming defenses.
01:46The message was unmistakable.
01:49No hostile base in the region remains safe.
01:54This wasn't just a strike simulation.
01:56It was a rehearsal.
01:58And the timing matters.
02:01This drill comes amid stalled U.S.-Iran nuclear talks,
02:05a renewed American military buildup in the Gulf,
02:08and after the June 2025 U.S. Operation Midnight Hammer
02:13strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities using B-2 bombers and bunker buster munitions.
02:20Iran is framing these drills as deterrence, as a warning,
02:24as a way to raise the cost of any future American or Israeli strike.
02:29And this fits a broader pattern.
02:32In recent months, the IRGC has released polished simulation videos,
02:37some reportedly AI-generated, depicting dramatic scenarios.
02:42U.S. aircraft carriers overwhelmed and sunk.
02:45Stealth bombers shot down mid-flight.
02:47One clip shows the USS Abraham Lincoln under massed missile and drone attack,
02:53anti-ship ballistic missiles, drone swarms, fast attack boats.
02:58The narrative?
02:59Saturation.
03:00Overwhelm.
03:01Send the carrier to the bottom.
03:03Another clip shows a B-2 stealth bomber tracked and destroyed by layered Iranian air defenses,
03:10including systems like Bavar-373.
03:13These are not real combat recordings.
03:16They are psychological warfare, strategic signaling,
03:20information operations designed to deter and to shape perception.
03:24Military analysts point out that U.S. carrier strike groups have deep, multi-layered defenses,
03:31fighter patrols, electronic warfare, Aegis-equipped escorts, submarines.
03:36Sinking one would be extraordinarily difficult.
03:39And the B-2 remains one of the most stealthy aircraft ever built,
03:44with Iran's real-world ability to track and destroy it still unproven.
03:49But that's not the point.
03:51The point is messaging.
03:53The replica strike on al-Dafra is the latest entry in that playbook,
03:57a highly visual demonstration that Iran is watching U.S. bases closely
04:02and claims it has the tools to hit them hard.
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