The US can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed around a third of Iran’s missile arsenal, five people familiar with the US intelligence have told Reuters.
The status of around another third is less clear but bombings likely damaged, destroyed or buried those missiles in underground tunnels and bunkers, four of the sources said.
One of the sources said the intelligence was similar for Iran’s drone capability, saying there was some degree of certainty about a third having been destroyed.
The assessment, which has not been previously reported, shows that while most of Iran’s missiles are either destroyed or inaccessible, Tehran still has a significant missile inventory and may be able to recover some buried or damaged missiles once fighting stops.
The intelligence stands in contrast to Donald Trump’s remarks yesterday that Iran had “very few rockets left”.
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