Iran started on Friday six days of naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, IRNA news agency reported. Navy commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that it covers international waters in Gulf of Oman, Hormuz Strait, North of Indian Ocean, Aden Gulf and Bab el Mandeb Strait. The exercises will test missile and defense systems, combat fleets and submarines, and will also include combat training, maritime patrol and reconnaissance and combating threats, according to Sayyari. The exercises would also test the navy’s capabilities of dealing with electronic warfare alongside its knowledge of naval combat, he added.