Intelligence about a major Israeli-US missile defense exercise code named “Austere Challenge 12” has been made known 10-days after the Iranian navy conducted maneuvers in the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel and the United States will conduct a missile defense exercise in an undisclosed time though the exercise is not related to the Iranian naval exercise.
US USS John C Stennis is set to return to the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf after the US dismissed the warnings by Iran.
Iran, after the naval exercise warned US against re-deploying its naval flotilla to the Strait of Hormuz
