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Iran unveils new underground base with Ghadr-1 ballistic missile mobile launcher units 10601161.
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Defence & Security News - Iran
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Iran unveiled a new underground ballistic missile depot on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, with Iranian television showing Ghadr-1 medium-range ballistic missile mounted on trailer towed by military truck. The Ghadr-1 (also named Ghadr-101/110) is a medium-range ballistic missile currently being designed and developed by Iran.
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 A Ghadr-1 ballistic missile launcher unit in the undeground depot in this undated handout photo released January 5, 2016 by Farsnews.com. |
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The Ghadr-1 appears to be an improved variant of the Shahab-3A, also referred to as the Ghadr-101 and the Ghadr-110. Ghadr could be designed to carry a nuclear payload. Some sources indicate that the missile will have a range of approximately 1,800 km.
Iran has the largest and most diverse ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. Iran is the only country to develop a 2,000-km missile without first having a nuclear weapons capability. Tasnim news agency and state television video said the underground facility, situated in mountains and run by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was inaugurated by the speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani. Release of one-minute video followed footage of another underground missile depot last October. Back on October 14, 2015, when pictures from the first missile city dug some 500 meters under a mountain were broadcast, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh had announced that the facility was only one of the numerous bases scattered across the country. Later, IRGC Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami said what was shown in October was footage from the “oldest” IRGC warehouse for stockpiling missiles.
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