Iran unveils two underground missile, drone bases
The Aerospace Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
(IRGC) has unveiled two missile and drone tunnel bases built at the
heart of high mountains.
IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami unveiled the bases on Saturday,
which house ground-to-ground missile systems with advanced equipment, as
well as attack drones that can penetrate the enemy’s radar and defense
networks.
The bases are also home to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a range
of 2,000 kilometers, two-missile launch platforms and multi-drone launch
platforms, which were unveiled during the IRGC’s Great Prophet 17 joint
military exercises in Iran’s southern shore in December 2021. This is the first time the IRGC Aerospace Force unveils an underground drone base.
During General Salami's visit to the bases, Brigadier Genearal Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, presented a report on the new measures taken by the elite military force and its achievements.
He said Iran can now simultaneously launch 60 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from its newly unveiled underground base with no target limitation, because the “range of the unmanned aircraft is long and not limited”. “We can hit any hostile target,” Hajizadeh said.
“What the Islamic Republic has relied upon is not arms, but faith, determination and persistence. Nevertheless, Iran, by God’s grace, is in possession of sufficient amount of efficient weapons developed with homegrown technologies,” he added.
