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Revealed: Iran's Rapidly Expanding Secret Drone Factory Where Hizbullah Is Trained
(Telegraph-UK) Melanie Swan - Iran is training Hizbullah fighters to carry out drone attacks on Israel at a rapidly-expanding top secret base. Located five miles from Qom, the drone facility has tripled in size since it was set up in 2006, according to leaked classified Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) documents. Once a small airport for crop-spraying planes, it has gone from a runway of 500 meters in 2007 to 1,500 meters in 2020, allowing for bigger, long-range drones such as those used in Iran's aerial assault on Israel on April 13. The Gangine center, which has remained secret until now, serves as a drone pilot training center for Lebanese Hizbullah.