What changed
Satellite imagery taken in November suggests Iran is carrying out major construction near the Garmdareh base near Tehran and the Shahroud base in northern Iran, while repairing damage at at least 12 other military sites. At Parchin, damaged buildings have been levelled and an underground bunker reinforced; at Kermanshah, new roofs cover buildings destroyed by air strikes.
Why it matters
The clearest shift is not proof that Iran has restored its missile capability. It is evidence that Iran is rebuilding, adapting and possibly burying parts of its military infrastructure after months of US and Israeli strikes.
Excavation at Shahroud could be linked to missile production, according to analysts, while work at Karaj appears to include a new entrance to an underground facility. Underground construction would make future facilities harder to hit and harder to assess from above. It would also make outside estimates of Iran’s remaining capability less certain.
The purpose and scale of the work remain unclear. The images show construction and repairs, not how many missiles or production lines are operational. But the physical pattern is significant: damaged bases are not being left as ruins, and some rebuilding is moving beneath the surface.
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