Iran's IRGC Unveils New Underground 'Missile City' Displaying Ballistic and Cruise Missiles
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force unveiled a new underground 'missile city' on November 10, publicly displaying an array of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and launch systems. Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, and Majid Mousavi, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, attended the unveiling, and Iranian state television broadcast footage of Abdollahi touring the underground facility. The footage was heavily edited and partly blurred; Iran did not disclose the facility's location or say when the visit took place.
The unveiling came during IRGC Aerospace Force Week. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi had announced that the Aerospace Force would unveil a new underground missile city and several other achievements this week. He said the force had accelerated the transfer of its missile and drone production lines from surface facilities to underground locations, moving beyond underground storage sites to 'underground missile production cities' intended to keep weapons production going even under intensive aerial bombardment.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mousavi said Iran was fully prepared to confront any threat, warning that any aggression would end in defeat and that Iran could bring enemy capabilities across the region and beyond under fire. Abdollahi said the United States and Israel had failed to achieve their objectives despite deploying their full military capabilities, and warned that 'surprises in the next war will emerge one after another.' The Associated Press noted that the display also included new surface-to-surface missiles that Iran did not identify; Iran's claims about the facility and its scale could not be independently verified.
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(Source: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)
Source: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Photo: 图：伊朗「霍拉姆沙赫尔-4」弹道导弹在2023年5月25日的公开展示中竖立于发射车上（资料图）。照片：Ehsan Naderipour 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Iran's Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile on its launcher at its public unveiling on May 25, 2023 (file photo). Photo by Ehsan Naderipour, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
