The exercise was conducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)[1] and began by an order from Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, with different naval units of IRGC On February 25, 2015.
[2] The Great Prophet IX war games goal was to show IRGC's missile and rocket-armed speedboats combat power to transregional powers as well as to enhance the defense capabilities of IRGC's operating units and test modern military tactics and equipment.
This included an attack on a 1:1 replica of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which was made completely of metal and designed to not get sunk after being hit by rockets fired from Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGCN) rocket-armed speedboats.
After getting hits from speedboats, Sepah Navy Special Force (SNSF) Takavar members boarded it, firing at simulated enemies, then clearing it, finally leaving it abandoned.
[5] The building of the mock-up aircraft carrier before the war game was announced sparked media frenzy in the US and Israel, which noticed its construction through satellite images and were unaware of Iranians' agenda.