On Friday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missilelinkbaseat an unidentified Gulf location at a time when the tensions between Tehranand the United States are at their peak.
According to the state media, Major General Hossein Salami, the head of theGuards said,
Last year, the Guards said Iran had built underground “missile cities”along the Gulf coastline, warning of a “nightmare for Iran’s enemies”.
“These missiles have ranges of hundreds of kilometers, enjoy pinpointaccuracy and huge destructive power, and can overcome the enemy’selectronic warfare equipment,” Salami said.
He added the base was “one of several bases housing the Navy’s strategicmissiles”.
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In recent years there have been periodic confrontations between the Guardsand the U.S. militarylinkinthe Gulf. The U.S. military had accused the Guards’ navy of sending fastattack boats to harass U.S. warships as they pass the Strait of Hormuz.
It should be mentioned here that that the relations between Tehran andWashington are at their worst since 2018 when former President Donald Trumpexited the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.
