Of the 69 tunnel entrances to Iran's underground missile facility that came under intense attack by the United States and Israel, 50 appear to have been restored.
On the 30th (local time), CNN reported, citing its own analysis of satellite images, that 50 of the 69 tunnel entrances to Iran's underground missile facility have been reopened.
During the war, the United States and Israel bombed roads leading to underground bases and carried out operations to bury tunnel entrances to neutralize Iran's long-range missile capabilities. But after the cease-fire, Iran rushed restoration work using heavy equipment, and it appears that the functions of a significant number of facilities have been restored.
In satellite images of a missile base in Dezful, four of the five entrances to the underground facility have been reopened. At a base near Isfahan, a previously buried tunnel entrance was also restored. Most roads that were cut off or damaged by bombing have been returned to their original state.
Experts said Iran's large-scale restoration shows the limits of the U.S. airstrike strategy. The analysis is that even if the entrances and roads of missile facilities are struck, it is difficult to completely neutralize the remaining assets underground.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump presented the neutralization of Iran's missile capabilities as one of the main objectives during the war. The United States and Israel struck not only missile bases but also the supply chain, including manufacturing plants.
However, experts estimated that Iran is still storing as many as 1,000 missiles in underground facilities. Some missile facilities built beneath hundreds of meters of bedrock likely suffered little damage from surface attacks, analysts said. U.S. intelligence agencies have also recently been reported to have detected moves by Iran to restore its military capabilities.