Conflict · Missile facilityIran missile facility unveiling: Underground arsenal displayed as speaker warns USWritten November 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Iran Missile Facility unveiling.0:02Underground arsenal displayed as Speaker warns US.0:07Iran has displayed rows of missiles inside an underground complex.0:10The Revolutionary Guards say moving weapons production underground will let them0:14keep making arms under heavy bombardment.0:16Iran's parliament speaker has tied the display to a warning to the United States.0:20Can this complex actually keep producing weapons during an attack?0:23Iran is keeping the site's location secret.0:25That leaves outsiders unable to assess how much physical protection this particular0:28installation offers.0:30The military is showing the weapons inside while withholding where they're housed.0:33The Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force unveiled the complex on November10,2026 ,0:39during Aerospace Force Week.0:40The military calls it a new missile city.0:42It hasn't said when the installation was built.0:45Major General Ali Abdullah, the Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, attended with0:49Brigadier General Sayyid Majid Musavi, the Aerospace Force commander.0:52The commanders toured the complex in a jeep, passing rows of missiles and equipment0:56in tunnels and halls.0:57The weapons display included ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and their launch1:01systems.1:01Officials described both solid fuel and liquid fuel missiles.1:05Those descriptions cover broad categories of weapons, with no complete inventory1:09identifying every missile shown.1:11The launch equipment included vehicles that carry a missile, raise it into firing1:15position, and launch it.1:16Canisters were also displayed.1:18Together, the missiles and launch equipment showed the arsenal the military wanted1:22its adversaries to see.1:23One missile was blurred in the released footage.1:25Nobody has identified it or explained why it was obscured.1:28The military hasn't disclosed a missile count or production rate for this site.1:32Rows of weapons show what's being displayed, but they leave a different military1:36question unanswered: how quickly Iran could make replacements while its facilities1:39were being attacked.1:40The production claim reaches beyond this installation.1:43Revolutionary Guard spokesman Brigadier General Hussein Mohebi described a wider1:47effort to move missile and drone production from above ground facilities1:51underground.1:52He called the intended facilities missile production cities, extending the strategy1:55beyond storing finished weapons.1:57Mohebbi previewed the unveiling on November7, three days before the tour.2:01He said Iran's expertise, extensive territory, and flexible production2:05infrastructure would allow weapons production to continue even under heavy2:08bombardment.2:09That was his assessment of the broader underground strategy.2:11Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagr Ghalibaf gave the unveiling an explicit political2:16purpose.2:17In a public message that day, he said it reflected Iran's determination to protect2:21its independence, security, and territorial integrity.2:24He portrayed military readiness, progress and cohesion as sustaining deterrence2:28through sanctions, threats, and wartime conditions.2:31Galibaff said the armed forces kept strengthening defenses even under the fire of2:35war.2:36He warned adversaries, including the United States, against miscalculation and2:40threatened a swift response to even the slightest mistake.2:42Ghaliboff warned, Do not miscalculate, and threatened a swift and unimaginable2:47defense.2:47He added, This time, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will dictate2:52the geography of the conflict.2:54He was threatening retaliation if Iran's adversaries acted.2:57His message sought to persuade adversaries that an attack would leave Iran able to3:00retaliate and choose where to do so.3:02The unveiling showed stored weapons and launch equipment.3:05Whether this particular complex contains functioning production lines remains3:08unclear, and Iran hasn't demonstrated that it can keep manufacturing weapons there3:13under bombardment.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
