Iran Shows Off Underground ‘Missile City’
26th March 2025
In a new video released by state media, two Iranian military leaders responsible for the country’s weapons programs are seen riding through a long, weapons-packed tunnel. Set to ominous music, the 85-second video was published amid growing regional tensions and infers that Iran can withstand an attack and deliver a response. But the video that is made to show off Iranian standoff attack capabilities also highlights a major vulnerability.
As they drive through the facility, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF) commander, show off some of Iran’s most advanced missiles and rockets. There are Kheybar Shekans, Ghadr-Hs, Sejjils, and Haj Qassems, as well as the Paveh Land Attack Cruise Missiles. Iran used several of these weapons in an attack on Israel last fall.
As for that aforementioned glaring vulnerability, the munitions are stored out in the open in long continuous tunnels and large caverns with no, or at least limited, blast doors or separated revetments. That could result in devastating consequences should the facility be breached in an attack. The lack of these protective measures could lead to an absolutely massive chain reaction of secondary explosions. This is an interesting revelation because other Iranian underground weapons caverns, especially those that can launch missiles through apertures in the surface, do appear to have these measures, as least to some degree.