IRGC Navy unveils another underground missile base in southern Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy on Saturday unveiled another underground missile base in the coastal areas of southern Iran, state TV reported.

"We are preparing ourselves to confront any enemy, at any scale, in any manner, and in any geography," said IRGC Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri after unveiling the new underground missile city.

The missile bases are unveiled as a message to Iran's enemies, IRGC Chief Commander Hossein Salami said, calling on them to "make more precise calculations and to ensure they do not make mistakes that would put both themselves and others in trouble."

Should they make any mistake, "all these systems you see will be activated," he warned.

The IRGC also unveiled a new cruise missile, named Ghadr-380, which has "anti-jamming capabilities" and a range of more than 1,000 km (more than 600 miles), according to IRGC Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri.

"Cruise missiles with the capability of countering enemy destroyers' electronic warfare are stationed in the IRGC's new underground missile city," the IRGC-affiliated Sabereen News reported.

"These missiles, with significant upgrades to their weapon systems and electronic warfare countermeasures, are ready for deployment in the shortest possible time," the report added.

This is the third underground missile base being unveiled by the Revolutionary Guard over the past month.

On January 18, the IRGC Navy unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Persian Gulf location, two days before Trump's return to the White House.

The base is one of several built underground for vessels capable of launching long-range missiles and carry out distant warfare, IRGC Chief Commander Hossein Salami said after visiting the secret base during war games.

Footage released by IRGC-affiliated media and the state TV showed tunnels with long rows of "a new version of Taregh-class radar-evading speedboats which can launch cruise missiles."

Also on January 10, the IRGC's Aerospace Force unveiled what state TV called an underground missile city.

The base was used in the Iranian missile attacks against Israel in what the Islamic Republic codenamed operations True Promise 1 and 2 in April and October 2024, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim said.

"The volcano lying under these mountains can erupt in the shortest time possible," state TV's report said.

Iran has been conducting multiple military exercises in the past few weeks, including air defense drills near nuclear sites like Natanz and a 110,000-strong Basij mobilization in Tehran, to showcase its capabilities and project a message of strength in the region, following consecutive defeats for its allies since September.

IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami said earlier this month that the ongoing military exercises aim to make the enemies refine their assessments of Iran’s defense capabilities and demonstrate that the country’s deterrence is unaffected by external events, a tacit reference to the fall of Tehran’s longtime ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria.