Iran has reopened most entrances to 18 underground missile sites struck in war: Report
CNN analysis found Iran cleared 50 of 69 blocked tunnel entrances at underground missile sites as it works to restore missile launch access.
- On Thursday, satellite imagery confirmed Iran has cleared 50 of 69 blocked tunnel entrances at 18 underground missile sites since the April 8 ceasefire, using bulldozers and dump trucks to restore access.
- To prevent Iran from deploying missiles stored deep underground, United States and Israeli forces bombed tunnel entrances and access roads during the recent war, heavily damaging bases and burying entrances under debris.
- Iran is rebuilding its military capabilities faster than intelligence assessments initially predicted, with reports indicating rapid rehabilitation of drone and missile sites assisted by Russia and China.
- Experts estimate Iran retains around 1,000 missiles stored deep underground; Sam Lair, research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, says Iran can "continue launching missiles so long as they have launchers."
- Built over 20 years, Iran's network of underground bases offers considerable protection to its remaining launchers, and Tehran could fully restore its drone attack capacity within six months.
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Iran has reopened most entrances to 18 underground missile sites struck in war — report
Iran has salvaged 50 out of 69 tunnel entrances at 18 underground missile facilities struck by the US and Israel in the recent war, CNN reports, citing satellite images. The regime is “poised to fire far more long-range missiles at Israel and other Middle Eastern nations after rapidly digging out its buried arsenals,” the report says.
It has been revealed that 50 of the 69 tunnel entrances at Iran's underground missile facilities, which were subjected to concentrated attacks by the United States and Israel, have been restored. On the 30th (local time), CNN reported that its own analysis of satellite imagery confirmed that 50 of the 69 tunnel entrances at Iran's underground missile facilities have been reopened.
By Thomas Bordeaux and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN. Iran is in a position to fire many more long-range missiles at Israel and other Middle Eastern nations after rapidly unearthing its buried arsenals, an effort that highlights the limitations of the US bombing strategy, experts say. For weeks, US and Israeli attacks restricted Iran's access to its underground missile sites by destroying roads and burying tunnel entrances.
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