The underground missile city and tunnel system in Yazd, Iran, has been exposed for the first time, located 500 meters deep within a granite mountain in central Yazd.
Imam Hussein Strategic Missile Base is one of the most important long-range ballistic missile facilities of the Revolutionary Guard.
In modern warfare, depth determines everything. Facilities buried beneath granite layers can absorb or dissipate explosive energy, preventing it from reaching critical targets. A granite Dead Zone up to 440 meters thick—taller than the Empire State Building—renders even the GBU-57 bunker-busting bomb ineffective; despite penetrating over 60 meters of concrete, it cannot cause actual damage if it hits the target.
The "Missile Mountain" is composed of granite capable of withstanding pressures ranging from 25,000 to 40,000 pounds per square inch (PSI). By comparison, ordinary reinforced concrete can only withstand about 5,000 PSI.
The engineering features a multi-exit design: a 500-meter-long granite tunnel equipped with an automated rail system connects missile assembly areas, ammunition storage, and multiple exits in different directions of the mountain, enabling launchers to swiftly emerge, fire, and vanish back underground within minutes behind thick armored doors.
Launchers pop out from blast-resistant doors, fire missiles, and retreat underground in under 15 minutes (for solid-fuel missiles).
Netanyahu reportedly just sent this image to Trump and said: “See? It’s impossible from the air. We need ground forces!”
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1860981516530823/
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