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Israel Reveals Iran’s Secret Underground Drone Base (excerpt)

(Source: Iran International Newsroom; issued May 16, 2023)
Drones are seen at a site at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on April 20, 2023. (IIN photo)

A secret underground drone base of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has been uncovered by an Israeli security think tank.

The location in the southwest of Iran was revealed Monday by Alma center, a non-profit research organization which focuses on the security challenges on Israel's northern borders.

The UAV base is carved into the Zagros mountains near Shiraz, Fars province, according to a video released by Alma. The location is about 10km from Shiraz airbase, which also houses the air force's SU-24 jets of the 72nd tactical fighter squadron.

The base’s proximity to the strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf “threatens the entire Middle East at any given moment”, Alma warned.

Satellite footage provided by the center shows the drone base consists of a site for a “swarm” – a coordinated unit of multiple drones – and a command-and-control center.

The swarm base has at least five UAV launch silos as well as three access tunnels and a loading dock tunnel.

The UAVs that can be launched from the silos are Shahed, the same kamikaze attack drones the regime is supplying to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The underground base is at least 3km long with an entrance near Shiraz industrial town, where parts are probably made or assembled.

The 2,000km range of Iran’s attack UAVs drones allowed it attack sites beyond Israel as far as Cairo, Alma claimed. (end of excerpt)

(Click here for the full story, on the IIN website.)

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