Media: Iran reopens several underground missile facilities despite attacks

Iran is reportedly preparing to launch more missiles toward Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, having reopened numerous underground missile facility tunnel entrances that were previously targeted.

CNN, citing satellite imagery, has found that Iran has reopened 50 out of 69 tunnel entrances at 18 underground missile facilities. These entrances were bombed by the United States and Israel during the conflict, limiting Iran's missile strike capabilities.

Further analysis indicates that Iran has also repaired other damaged sections of these facilities, including roads that were specifically targeted by the US and Israel to prevent their use as missile launchpads. Satellite images reportedly show that bomb craters have been filled, and at two locations, the roads have even been repaved.

Iran's network of underground missile bases, which began construction over 20 years ago, offers significant protection for its missiles and launch systems. The depth of some of these bases, buried hundreds of meters underground and shielded by rock formations, presents considerable challenges for both the US and Israeli militaries to attack effectively.