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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran revealed an underground missile base in an undisclosed location in the Gulf on Saturday, state TV said, two days before the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president.
It was revealed at a time when tensions with Washington are widely expected to rise. Iranian leaders are worried that Trump could empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, while tightening US sanctions on the oil industry with his “high pressure” policy.
State television showed the head of the Revolutionary Guards General Hossein Salami visiting the secret base during the war games. He said it was one of the few built underground for ships capable of firing long-range missiles and fighting long-range battles.
“We assure the great people of Iran that their youth can come out honorable and victorious in the naval battle against enemies big and small,” said Salami.
State television said the facility was built at a depth of 500 meters (yards) somewhere in the Gulf and showed tunnels with long lines of what it said were a new type of fast Taregh-class-radar ships capable of launching missiles.
Earlier this month, Iran began military exercises that were supposed to last two months and have already included war games in which the Revolutionary Guards defended the nuclear facilities at Natanz against mock missile attacks. and drones.
Iran, which says its ballistic missiles are an important deterrent and retaliatory measure against the US and Israel, has in the past revealed several underground “missile sites”.
