Israel hits ballistic missile production facility in Iran
27 October, 2024 Buildings damaged by an Israeli airstrike. Photo credits: Planet Labs As a result of the Israeli attack on Iran, a ballistic missile production facility and a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems were damaged.
The result of this attack is confirmed by Planet Labs satellite imagery. The published images capture damaged buildings that, according to Israeli sources, Iran used to assemble and manufacture ballistic missiles. The facility is located on the territory of Parchin and Khodzhri and was a strategically important facility for Iran's missile program.
The result of an airstrike on an Iranian ballistic missile production facility.
Photo credits: Planet Labs
The facility was used in the development and production of Iranian ballistic missiles and, according to Israeli sources, will negatively affect the combat readiness of Iran's missile forces and its overall plans to supply its own missiles to Russia. Israel reportedly hit 12 'planetary mixers' used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which make up the bulk of Iran's missile arsenal.
Probably the remains of an Israeli air-launched ballistic missile. Photo credits: Digital
The source claims that the mixers are very sophisticated equipment that Iran is not able to produce on its own, which is why it will be forced to buy it from China.
In addition to the ballistic missile production facility, Israel hit a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems that Iran used for cover but failed to intercept Israeli missiles.
Buildings damaged by an Israeli airstrike. Photo credits: Planet Labs
Iran officially announced the defeat of the S-300 system and the corresponding losses among the military in its media, naming the names and number of victims. Israel struck Iran in response to a similar strike on its territory on October 1, 2024.
Israeli Air Force aircraft were involved in the operation, firing missiles at military facilities in Iran.
According to the BBC, a news agency close to the Revolutionary Guard reported that the facilities were some military bases in the west and southwest of the Iranian capital.