Partners in peace… unless you’re a Joooo.

Via WFB:

Iran has announced the production of new combat helicopters ahead of a “massive air defense” exercise and other large-scale war games that are scheduled to take place in October and at other points throughout the year.

Iran’s armed forces and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are set to team up for a set of drills aimed at testing Tehran’s ability to intercept and destroy “different types of aircraft, choppers, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs),” according to Iran’s state run Fars News Agency.

“Nearly 8,000 military personnel will be directly involved in the drill, while another 17,000 will provide logistics for the maneuvers,” according to Fars.

The announcement of the war games and new weapons has been accompanied by increasingly hostile rhetoric from Iran’s military leaders, who continue to threaten “a destructive response” to any potential U.S. strike on the country’s disputed nuclear sites.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated his intention to “raze” Israel.

“Israel’s leaders sometimes threaten Iran, but they know that if they do a damn thing, the Islamic Republic will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by Fars.