TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A new missile base was unveiled on Friday in Iran's Hormozgan province, north of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, by Iranian Major General Hossein Salami, commander in chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), state TV reported.
"Our rationale is to become stronger to defend the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and the achievements of the Islamic Revolution," Salami said in a speech televised from a tunnel in the underground base.
"The kilometers-long facility inaugurated on Friday is one of many similar underground storing places for the strategic missiles of the IRGC's naval force," he noted.
The missiles stored are pinpoint-precision devices with a range of "hundreds of kilometers" and a "very high destructive power," he added, saying that "they are able to pass through electronic warfare defense systems."
According to Salami, the launching systems are kept ready to operate immediately by "countless" IRGC young officers, in case of "hostile intent by the enemy."
"Iran's enemies do not believe in the power of logic, but rely on the logic of power," the general said, noting that Tehran has no alternative but to strengthen its military means to prevent the enemy's will and domination to be imposed on the country. Enditem
