Iran unveils new underground missile silo: state tv

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Iran unveils new underground missile silo: state tv

By Behrouz Mehri | AFP – 3 hours ago

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Monday unveiled an " underground missile silo "

which the elite force said will allow them to launch the country's long-range

ballistic missiles, state television reported.

The television showed images of a facility at an unknown location, with an

" underground missile silo " holding a projectile described as a Shahab-3.

" The technology to build these silos are completely indigenous, " its website

quoted Colonel Asghar Ghelich-Khani as saying.

The unveiling came as the Guards began on Monday a military exercise, codenamed

Great Prophet-6, which was to include the launching of different range ballistic

missiles.

State television also showed a missile launch, without specifying its type or

when the firing had taken place.

With a range of nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles), the Shahab-3 is a

liquid-fueled missile which can theoretically reach Israeli territories.

In recent years, Iran has tested a dozen of these missiles, which are believed

to have been derived from the North Korean No-Dong missile.

The Islamic republic says the latest exercise would carry " a message of peace

and friendship to the countries of the region. "