Iran’s IRGC says missile production moved underground

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has shifted missile and drone production from surface facilities to underground sites and plans to unveil an underground missile complex during Aerospace Week. Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, the IRGC Aerospace Force spokesman, announced the plans at a press conference in Tehran on November 7, 2026.

Mohebbi said underground facilities would allow production to continue during bombardment. He described a move beyond underground storage and preparation sites to facilities where missiles are manufactured, which he called “missile production cities.” The reports provide no details about the complex’s location, scale or equipment.

The spokesman also said specialized military equipment would be displayed during Aerospace Week, though he did not give a specific date for the planned unveiling. He said the force had developed flexible production capabilities and could move manufacturing underground. The claims about production and the complex came from Mohebbi’s remarks; the reports do not independently verify the facilities or their output.

Mohebbi said Iranian forces had brought down more than 260 hostile aircraft and aerial vehicles...