The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday it had struck what it described as Iran’s most central production site for missiles and naval mines, targeting a major hub used to develop advanced weapons systems for the Iranian Navy.
According to an IDF statement, the Israeli Air Force carried out the strike in Yazd, a desert city in central Iran.
The facility was used for the planning, development, assembly and storage of advanced missiles intended for launch from naval platforms, including surface vessels, submarines and helicopters, against both mobile and fixed maritime targets.
“The Israeli Air Force, guided by Military Intelligence and the Navy’s Intelligence Directorate, struck the most central site in Iran for the production of missiles and naval mines belonging to the Iranian terror regime,” the IDF said.
The site plays a central role in the development of many of the missiles and naval mines used by Iranian naval forces, the military said.
The strike follows earlier operations targeting senior leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ navy and is intended to significantly damage Iran’s naval weapons production capabilities, it added.
“The IDF continues to deepen the damage to the regime’s military industries in order to deny the production capabilities it has built over many years,” the military said.
