Subterranean ballistic missile systems
 Subterranean ballistic missile systems(Weapon, Nuclear weapon, Nuclear war, Subterranean structure)   | |
|---|---|
 Underground missile facility of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.[1] | |
| Start | 1960s? |
| Interest of | Underground Facility Analysis Center |
| Ballistic missile systems (nuclear and otherwise) that are stored underground. | |
Subterranean ballistic missile systems are launch systems for ballistic missiles that are stored underground and which can be deployed from known and hidden exits, or in case of declassified US projects, were to "drill out of the ground" via tunnel boring machine (TBM).[2][3]
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China
China does have a large underground network.[4][5] Wikipedia writes:[6]
The Underground Great Wall of China is the informal name for the 3,000 mile (5,000km) system of tunnels used by China to store and transport intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
There is increased focus from the US side at least from the Nuclear Posture Review of 2002 on, to develop: "improved earth penetrating weapons (EPWs) to counter the increased use by potential adversaries of hardened deeply buried facilities".[7] The NDAA of 2013 asks the United States Strategic Command to submit a report: "on the underground tunnel network used by the People’s Republic of China with respect to the capability of the United States to use conventional and nuclear forces to neutralize such tunnels and what is stored within such tunnels".[8]
Iran
In 2015 Iranian state television has broadcasted footage of underground tunnels with mobile launchers,[9][10][11] with additional footage released some ten years later.[12]
Oghab 44 (Eagle 44) is an Iranian underground airbase that was put into service in 2023. It is a tactical airbase for the army's air force, for both fighters jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).[15][16][17][18][19]
United States
A now declassified project from the 1960s aimed to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the ice in Greenland.[20]
Another feasibility study from 1982 envisioned an underground system with 400 miles of tunnels across the US.[21]
References
- ↑ https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/01/05/963050/irgc-s-2nd-underground-missile-city-unveiled
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA091976/page/n115
- ↑ https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a092013.pdf
- ↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/china/underground-great-wall.htm
- ↑ https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/chinas-underground-great-wall-subterranean-ballistic-missiles
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Great_Wall_of_China
- ↑ https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/media/Excerpts-of-Classified-Nuclear-Posture-Review.pdf
- ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4310/text
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_underground_missile_bases
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3272611/Iran-broadcasts-footage-underground-missile-base.html
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WpIN1fdW-bw
- ↑ https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/16757
- ↑ TUNNEL BORING MACHINE TECHNOLOGY FOR A DEEPLY BASED MISSILE SYSTEM Vol 1
- ↑ TUNNEL BORING MACHINE TECHNOLOGY FOR A DEEPLY BASED MISSILE SYSTEM Vol 2
- ↑ https://www.globalmilitary.net/airbases/oghab-44/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oghab_44
- ↑ https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/eagle-44-irans-underground-nerve-center-in-times-of-conflict/
- ↑ https://www.wionews.com/photos/what-is-eagle-44-and-how-iran-built-an-underground-airport-to-protect-its-fighter-jets-against-us-strikes-1768470897850
- ↑ https://cj.sina.com.cn/articles/view/1989534434/p7695e2e20270112cm
- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1084951/ww3-fears-pentagon-mobile-nuclear-base-greenland-spt
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Zz8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2 | "Design and Construction of Deep Underground Basing Facilities for Strategic Missiles: Report of a Workshop Conducted by the U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council" - National Academies Press, 15 Jan 1982 - 127 pages
