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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Unveil Two Missile, Drone Bases

Drones at the new base. (Tasnim)
Drones at the new base. (Tasnim)
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Unveil Two Missile, Drone Bases

Drones at the new base. (Tasnim)
Drones at the new base. (Tasnim)

Iran's Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled two new missile and drone tunnel bases, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

“The two underground missile bases house ground-to-ground missile systems with advanced equipment, as well as attack drones penetrating the enemy's radar and defense networks,” said state media.

The Tasnim news agency reported that IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami and IRGC commander of Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh attended the inauguration ceremony of the two underground bases

The IRGC names underground missile bases as Missile Cities.

Tasnim’s report said the new base boasts homegrown drones with a range of 2,000 kilometers, twin missile launch platforms, and platforms for the launch of multiple drones.

It added that a combination of accuracy and quality in the employment of the new military systems was put on display in a massive exercise held in December 2021.

The IRGC had declared its ability to launch 60 drones simultaneously, according to Reuters.

Saturday’s unveiling comes days after Iran suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket.

Satellite images from Maxar Technologies seen by The Associated Press showed scorch marks at a launchpad at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province.

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Report: IRGC Navy Has New Missiles with Highly Explosive Warheads

A cleric stands next to a poster depicting slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
A cleric stands next to a poster depicting slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
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Report: IRGC Navy Has New Missiles with Highly Explosive Warheads

A cleric stands next to a poster depicting slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
A cleric stands next to a poster depicting slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) navy has new cruise missiles equipped with highly explosive warheads that are undetectable, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.

"A large number of cruise missiles have been added to the Guards' navy fleet. These new missiles have capabilities of highly explosive warheads that are undetectable and can cause extensive damage and sink their targets," Tasnim said.

Regional tensions have increased following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh by a presumed Israeli strike in Tehran a day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, a senior military commander from Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Iran has vowed to avenge the July 31 explosion that killed Haniyeh, which was widely blamed on Israel, raising fears of a regional war. Israel has not said whether it was involved.

Hezbollah has also vowed to retaliate against Israel for the strike that killed Shukr in Beirut “no matter the consequences."

"In today's world you either have to be powerful to survive, or surrender. There's no middle ground," said the Guards' top commander, Major-General Hossein Salami.
The Guards' navy also said in a statement that various types of long and medium range missile systems, as well as reconnaissance drones and naval radars, have been added to its fleet.

"These systems are among the most up-to-date anti-surface and sub-surface weapons in the Guards' navy," it said.
State television displayed several of the weapons on Friday. The navy added that only 210 of the 2,654 systems were shown as it was not possible to unveil other strategic ones for security reasons.