Israel announced an attack on a missile and mine production center in Iran

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today announced that the country’s air force had raided Iran’s “most important” mine and missile production facility in the central city of Yazd. According to the IDF, this facility is used by Iran to develop, assemble and store advanced missiles designed to be launched from surface ships, submarines and helicopters against mobile or fixed targets at sea.

“This is where the Iranian navy develops most of its missiles and mines,” the Israeli military said, affirming that this is a “strong blow” to the Iranian navy’s production capacity.

This force previously announced that it had conducted a large-scale raid targeting infrastructure in the “heart” of Iran’s capital Tehran. In another statement, the IDF said it had attacked ballistic missile and air defense systems production facilities across Iran, including a missile manufacturing site in the capital Tehran, as well as missile launch pads and storage facilities in the west.

In the opposite direction, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the morning of March 27 conducted the 83rd attack in the US-Israel retaliation campaign, targeting military facilities of these two countries with missiles and drones.

According to the IRGC, among the targets were oil tanks and depots in the city of Ashdod in Israel, a military gathering point in the Modi’in residential area and a US military information exchange center in the area. This force also claimed to have hit military bases housing US forces, including transport hangars and drones at Ali Al-Salem airport in Kuwait.

After being attacked by the US and Israel on February 28, Iran launched a retaliation campaign by targeting military targets and energy infrastructure in the Middle East.

Tehran also almost completely blocked the Strait of Hormuz, where about 20% of the world’s crude oil passes through. The move caused oil and gas transportation activities to stagnate, causing fuel prices around the world to skyrocket.

Radio CNN Earlier this month, citing two sources familiar with the matter, Iran had begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. This is one of the simplest yet most devastating weapons the US Navy has ever faced, damaging more warships than any other attack method since World War II, according to a report by the US Naval Institute.

The narrowest point in the Strait of Hormuz is only nearly 34 km wide, the navigational channel for ships to pass through is even narrower, making the risk from mines even more serious. Ships passing through here do not have much space to maneuver and the possibility of colliding with these explosive devices is higher.

However, on March 23, the Iranian military declared “no need for mines” to control the Strait of Hormuz.