DUBAI (UAE) – The Revolutionary Guard of Iran unveiled an underground missile base at a secret location on Friday, said Iranian state media. This comes amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran.
“The base is one of several bases housing the Guards’ Navy’s strategic missiles,” state media said in a report quoting the head of the Guards Major General Hossein Salami.
Guards last year had built underground ‘missile cities’ along the Gulf coastline, warning of a “nightmare for Iran’s enemies”.
“These missiles have ranges of hundreds of kilometres, enjoy pinpoint accuracy and huge destructive power, and can overcome the enemy’s electronic warfare equipment,” Salami said, adding that the base was “one of several housing the Navy’s strategic missiles”.
There have been incidents of confrontation in recent years between the Guards and the US military, which has blamed the Guards for sending attack boats to harass American frigates when they navigate through the Strait of Hormuz.