Monday, June 27, 2011

Iran unveils new underground missile silo: state tv

Iran unveils new underground missile silo: state tv: "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 broadcaster showed footage of a facility at an unknown location, with an 'underground missile silo' holding a projectile described as a Shahab-3.
The unveiling came as the Guards on Monday began a military exercise, codenamed Great Prophet-6, which was to include the launching of different range ballistic missiles.

'The technology to build these silos is completely indigenous,' the state television website quoted the exercise's spokesman, Colonel Asghar Ghelich-Khani, as saying.

State television also showed a missile launch, without specifying its type or when the firing took place."