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An underground base is a subterranean facility used for military or scientific purposes. Examples are: Cheyenne Mountain Complex; Chiashan Air Force Base; Iranian underground missile bases; Raven Rock Mountain Complex; Zeljava Air Base; There may be more than 10,000 underground military facilities worldwide. [1]
Oghab 44 or Eagle 44 (in Persian: عقاب 44) is an Iranian underground airbase unveiled in February It is the first tactical and secret airbase for the army's air force that accommodates the fighters, bombers, and Iranian UAVs.
The release of the footage of the Iranian underground missile bases provided the situation for the lawmakers to show that the July nuclear deal had not weakened the military of Iran and it was a show of strength by Iran in response to the western powers, especially the US, speaking of military options against Iran in spite of the nuclear deal, according to The Guardian. [2]
Longpo Naval Base (Chinese: 龙坡海军基地), also known as East Yulin Naval Base is a naval base for nuclear submarines along the southern coast of Hainan Island, China. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This underground base has been reported by several intelligence agencies .
An underground hangar complex may include tunnels containing the normal elements of a military air base—fuel storage, weapon storage, rooms for maintaining the aircraft systems, a communications centre, briefing rooms, kitchen, dining rooms, sleeping areas and generators for electrical power.
Subterranean warfare or underground warfare is warfare conducted underneath the ground surface. It is predominantly conducted in tunnels and underground cavities, both natural (such as caves ) and artificial (such as sewerage and subway systems ).
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