{"id":13020,"date":"2026-06-04T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/?p=13020"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:03:53","slug":"irans-reopened-underground-missile-sites-show-limits-of-us-bombing-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/?p=13020","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s reopened underground missile sites show limits of US bombing plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13021 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4bcfe724e580a989e840f1fcd57dc854-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4bcfe724e580a989e840f1fcd57dc854-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4bcfe724e580a989e840f1fcd57dc854-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4bcfe724e580a989e840f1fcd57dc854.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr13w1q000x27p48vf52wtx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Iran is poised to fire far more long-range missiles at Israel and other Middle Eastern nations after rapidly digging out its buried arsenals \u2013 an effort that highlights the limits to US bombing strategy, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d100013b6r2acy4z60@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">For weeks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/20\/world\/video\/investigates-iran-underground-missile-cities-digvid\">strikes by the United States and Israel<\/a>\u00a0restricted Iran\u2019s access to its underground missile sites by destroying roads and burying tunnel entrances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d100023b6rzovzrryn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">But satellite images reviewed by CNN show how Iran has used simple equipment such as bulldozers and dump trucks to counter those costly campaigns \u2014 suggesting that Tehran\u2019s missile capabilities can\u2019t be destroyed just by targeting tunnel entrances, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d100033b6rg8s1z331@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">While Iran and the US have reached a tentative agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, months of work remain to hammer out details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d100043b6r69u3ez6r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">If hostilities do resume, Iran is in position to \u201ccontinue launching missiles so long as they have launchers and crews, even if production has halted,\u201d said Sam Lair, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies who analyzes Iran\u2019s missile capabilities. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to prevent the launchers from being armed with the ample stockpile of missiles that the Iranians still have.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder image_large--eq-extra-small image_large--eq-small image_large--eq-large\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmprc0a4p0000356r67w4rgt0@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Dezful_Overview_Marked_Airbus_2026_May_12.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.63441712926249\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2522\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/dezful-overview-marked-airbus-2026-may-12.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/dezful-overview-marked-airbus-2026-may-12.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/dezful-overview-marked-airbus-2026-may-12.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image_large__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/dezful-overview-marked-airbus-2026-may-12.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"At a missile base in Dezful, Iran, four of the five entrances to the underground facility could be seen reopened on May 12. Circled in gray is the one entrance to the complex that remained blocked.\" width=\"2522\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_large-elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate__caption vossi-image_large-elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">At a missile base in Dezful, Iran, four of the five entrances to the underground facility could be seen reopened on May 12. Circled in gray is the one entrance to the complex that remained blocked.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Airbus<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d200053b6rmd2lifvq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">During the fighting, Iran worked to excavate the tunnel entrances at great peril, with the US and Israel often striking the equipment used for digging. That work enabled Tehran to continue firing missiles throughout the war, though at vastly reduced rates. Since the ceasefire more than seven weeks ago, Iranian efforts to excavate the bases have accelerated significantly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d200063b6riae4e9di@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">CNN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/27\/world\/video\/investigates-iran-unearths-missile-arsenal-digvid\">found that Iran has now unblocked<\/a>\u00a050 out of the 69 tunnel entrances struck by the US and Israel at 18 underground missile facilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-resource-elevate video-resource--media-extra-large\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; width: 660px; margin-bottom: 24px; max-width: 100%; clip-path: inset(0% round 8px); position: relative; color: #000000; font-family: 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&quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=original\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-22663523-649883-841-still.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__overlay\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__controls\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__playhead spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__info\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__chyron-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__chyron\">CNN analysis finds Iran is unearthing its missile arsenal<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__runtime\">3:27<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d200073b6r1j5nvmb6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Iran has repaired other parts of the bases as well, including roads that the US and Israel bombed to prevent missile launchers from using them. Satellite images show almost all these craters have now been filled, and at two sites, even repaved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d200083b6rs6e9w6ge@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cThe US military is good at delivering tactical successes, and entombing and suppressing the Iranian missile force is a great example of that,\u201d said Lair. \u201cHowever, if that isn\u2019t accompanied by a set of reasonable strategic war aims and an achievable theory of victory, it can end up being a strategic failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d200093b6reytoumf5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell did not respond to specific questions about CNN\u2019s findings, repeating an earlier statement that \u201cAmerica\u2019s military is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President\u2019s choosing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-goal-of-the-war\" class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmpr14csc000z3b6rxua8fw0d@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">A goal of the war<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000b3b6rz95fmu54@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed to Iran\u2019s arsenal of missiles as a reason for the war, with its destruction being one of the key goals. In a March post to Truth Social, Trump listed \u201ccompletely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them\u201d as one of five \u201cobjectives\u201d of the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000c3b6rmhz4lbrx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Iran\u2019s network of underground missile bases, which it began building more than 20 years ago, offers considerable protection to its missiles and launchers. The depth of the facilities, some of which are under hundreds of meters of rock, limit the options the US and Israeli militaries have for attacking the bases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000d3b6rjgdeg2eo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">So, in the early weeks of the conflict, the militaries turned to striking their entrances, which combined with efforts to find and destroy launchers, resulted in significantly limiting Iranian missile fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000e3b6rz6yhrz3l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Those strikes heavily damaged the bases, burying most tunnel entrances under mountains of debris and shattering roads leading to the sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000f3b6r82ku4ebz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Satellite images\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/20\/world\/video\/investigates-iran-underground-missile-cities-digvid\">reviewed by CNN at the time<\/a>\u00a0showed facilities like the Isfahan North Missile Base, a key underground missile location, ravaged by multiple strikes with rubble covering tunnels and launchers destroyed outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000g3b6rrcp1ldo9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The US and Israel also undertook a broad effort to wreck Iran\u2019s missile supply chain, from factories where small electronic components are produced, to the sites where rocket propellants and missile bodies are manufactured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000h3b6r4i4ggc9t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">After the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on April 8, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited the efforts, saying that Iran would be \u201cdigging out your remaining launchers and missiles, with no ability to replace them. You have no defense industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000i3b6ra5wg7w8y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Experts believe Iran still has around 1,000 missiles stored in the underground sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000j3b6rgf9w0n4n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">That stockpile, deep below the surface, is unlikely to have sustained much damage from strikes at ground level, according to the experts, especially given that the Israeli military struck tunnel entrances in the same manner during the Twelve-Day War last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000k3b6rwrs1ixdk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cThey were preparing for this kind of war for 20 years,\u201d said Timur Kadyshev, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg who studies Iran\u2019s missiles. \u201cThey are very prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-furious-repair-effort\" class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmpr14l7x00123b6r0y7aqnq2@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">A furious repair effort<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000m3b6rjgns42fu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">To reopen the bases, Iran has used a variety of construction and earthmoving equipment. In the satellite images, front-end loaders are visible scooping up rubble as dump trucks fill craters with dirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000n3b6r6fozmvup@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">At one base, outside of Isfahan, the US and Israel conducted numerous strikes to block four tunnel entrances during the war. At least 18 craters could be seen at a pair of the entrances, indicating just how many munitions were expended to block the tunnels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000o3b6rsqp7v8h9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">In early May, a satellite image showed a dump truck being used to fill in the craters. The other two entrances, also blocked by craters and debris, had already been opened, and the roads to them, previously destroyed by bombing, had been repaved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000p3b6rfpthnll9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">At a base outside of Khomeyn in mid-April, an image showed at least 10 construction vehicles engaged in efforts to reopen one entrance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder image_large--eq-extra-small image_large--eq-small image_large--eq-large\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmpr6aib600043b6rbhihik2v@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Khomeyn_Entrances1_Airbus_2026_April_15.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.63441712926249\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2522\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image_large__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/khomeyn-entrances1-airbus-2026-april-15.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"A satellite image of an underground missile base near Khomeyn, Iran, shows at least 10 construction vehicles working to clear a tunnel entrance on April 15, 2026.\" width=\"2522\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_large-elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate__caption vossi-image_large-elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">A satellite image of an underground missile base near Khomeyn, Iran, shows at least 10 construction vehicles working to clear a tunnel entrance on April 15, 2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Airbus<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000q3b6rh6cikgja@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">As Iran recovers its missiles, and restores functionality to its missile bases, analysts are concerned that the continued threat posed by this arsenal is being underestimated, especially given the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/21\/politics\/us-military-missile-stockpile\">dwindling supply of US missile interceptors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000r3b6rzh638zlx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The strikes on Iran\u2019s missile factories also may not prevent Tehran from reconstituting its missile production capabilities for as long as the US and Israel would like. During the Twelve-Day War some of these same factories were attacked as well. Although the recent strikes have been much broader, satellite images showed Iran had already rebuilt some of the facilities targeted last June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000s3b6rvibp4gcd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/21\/politics\/iran-military-rebuild\">US intelligence assessments indicate<\/a>\u00a0Iran has already been rebuilding key military capabilities, including restarting drone production and replacing missile launchers and production capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000t3b6r83ro75bn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cThe Iranians have exceeded all timelines the (intelligence community) had for reconstitution,\u201d one US official told CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000u3b6rfn2vnnh7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">For Kadyshev, that difference in technologies exposes the difficulty in pursuing military options against Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000v3b6rnlne8jbs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cYou have to use very sophisticated, very expensive weapons to do this kind of damage, and the recovery is very low tech \u2013 it\u2019s just bulldozers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpr141d2000v3b6rnlne8jbs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Link :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/31\/us\/iran-tunnels-reopened-us-strategy-bombing-invs?mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGiKQC_cbn72botSE18zbeAb3iPIw-MPeJLSJ6b4QV9iwB_4HPA4iwbpZsJhq-I-hhgPxOv19leuiDVGdM03G3rsDbxL7tqkS_6nWk-Xxg4aDM\">https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/31\/us\/iran-tunnels-reopened-us-strategy-bombing-invs?mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGiKQC_cbn72botSE18zbeAb3iPIw-MPeJLSJ6b4QV9iwB_4HPA4iwbpZsJhq-I-hhgPxOv19leuiDVGdM03G3rsDbxL7tqkS_6nWk-Xxg4aDM<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is poised to fire far more long-range missiles at Israel and other Middle Eastern nations after rapidly digging out its buried arsenals \u2013 an effort that highlights the limits to US bombing strategy, experts said. 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