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Iran converted an entire mountain into an underground airport — runways, hangars, and all — to protect its most advanced drone assets from destruction. The Shahed 191 flying wing drone launches directly from inside the mountain, designed for low radar signature and repeated use across reconnaissance and strike missions. The Shahed 136 takes the opposite approach — a disposable loitering munition costing tens of thousands of dollars that flies over a thousand kilometers to its target and never returns. One system built for survival, one built for expendable mass deployment. Together they represent a strategy built around one goal — remaining operational even after a sustained high-intensity attack.
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00:00Iran hid its aircraft inside a mountain what you're seeing isn't an ordinary
00:03tunnel it's a runway leading to an underground airport
00:06the entire mountain has been converted into a hangar the rock layer itself
00:08serving as the outer shell hangar doors open the flying wing slides
00:12out accelerates lifts off this is Iran's Shahid 191
00:16flying wing layout no vertical tail fuselage and wings merged into one body
00:21one design purpose only make it harder for radar to detect
00:24it can execute reconnaissance missions and carry strike capability
00:27more importantly it's reusable hidden inside the mountain means even under
00:31heavy attack it still has a chance to fly again
00:33this model prioritizes survivability but Iran's drone system doesn't stop here
00:38there's also the Shahid 136 delta wing structure rear propeller propulsion
00:43looks like a drone but is essentially a one-way loitering munition
00:46over three meters long total weight around 200 kilograms
00:49launched by booster from a launch rack then cruised by a small piston engine
00:52navigating by satellite and inertial guidance along the preset route
00:56it doesn't return it doesn't get recovered mission complete is the end point
01:00it doesn't prioritize stealth it prioritizes cost
01:04only tens of thousands of dollars to build yet capable of flying over a thousand kilometers
01:08one emphasizes survival one emphasizes expendability
01:11one increases sustained sortie capability one drives down combat cost
01:15can't compete with conventional fighter jets
01:17change the approach underground facilities increase survivability low-cost
01:21platforms create numerical advantage one goal only not getting wiped out in a single strike
01:26making these images public isn't showing off
01:29it's demonstrating a capability even under high intensity attack
01:32the system continues functioning when a jet slides out from deep inside a mountain
01:36what the world sees is a takeoff what it truly represents is the ability to keep flying
01:40the state of the world
01:40the system is arriving in the same way
01:41is comparing to being able to do
01:41were not there for years to keep flying before the fact
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