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Israel believes that the damage it inflicted on Iran’s ballistic missile program during the 12-day June war was less severe than initially assessed, Al-Monitor reported on December 11.
The report revealed that Iran currently possesses around 2,000 heavy ballistic missiles, roughly the same number it had on the eve of the war.
The Israeli military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder shared this information with visiting United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz earlier this week, in a sign that Israel is again urging Washington to act against Iran.
“This is a threat that Israel will not be able to accept for long, and we must coordinate with the Americans the red lines and actions we will take in the future, perhaps even in the near future,” a source familiar with the matter told Al-Monitor.
An earlier report by Ynet revealed that a senior representative of the Israeli military told lawmakers during a closed meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Iran was able to resume large-scale production of ballistic missiles
The representative warned that Iran’s missile program is “recovering at a fast pace” and remains a top strategic priority for military planners in the Islamic Republic, according to the Israeli news website.
Additionally, Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, said recently that Iranian officials told him missile factories are operating “around the clock” and that “if there is another war, they hope to fire 2,000 missiles at once instead of the 500 missiles they fired over 12 days.”
Western diplomats also raised concerns in recent weeks that Iran is trying to accelerate the restoration of its missile program, according to Euronews.
The European television news network said, citing regional officials briefed on intelligence assessments cited by Ynet, that the Islamic Republic is making up for the “planetary mixers” – a key component of solid fuel production for missiles – which were destroyed by Israel during the war by resorting to older methods of producing needed rocket fuel.
Right after the end of the war, Israel claimed that some two-thirds of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, around 250, were destroyed, along with around 1,000 of the missiles.
It acknowledged, however, that the Islamic Republic managed to launch more than 500 ballistic missiles. A total of 36 missile impacts across Israel were reported. Later, it was revealed that the real number of impacts was higher. The missiles claimed the lives of 28 people, all but one of them civilians, and wounded more than 3,000 others.
Notably, Israel’s multi-layered air defense network became way less effective towards the end of the war with Islamic Republic.
All recent reports related to Iran’s missile program came out as the Islamic Republic was holding large-scale naval exercises. Multiple missiles, including new types, were test fired during the drills.
These warnings, which came from official and unofficial channels, at the same time appear to be a part of a media campaign meant to incite against Iran’s missile program, possibly to justify a new war on the Islamic Republic. Israel can no longer use the nuclear program as a pretext as it itself and the U.S. claimed that it was set back for years.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on November 11, Trump once again repeated that Iran’s nuclear capacity was wiped out by the U.S. and Israel during the June war. He also renewed threats to the Islamic Republic, but kept them limited to the nuclear program.
“But if they do want to come back, and they want to come back without a deal, then we’re going to obliterate that one, too,” Trump said.
There is no doubt that Iran is restoring its missile program, its first means of deterrence. However, there is no evidence whatsoever that the Islamic Republic is working on expanding the range of its missiles beyond the 2,000 kilometer limit it has so far committed to.
The missile program has always been a flashpoint in talks between Iran and the U.S., but the Trump administration does not appear to be willing to go to war again over the issue.
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surprise. not really. santa could flyover too.
peace on earth good will to men .pass the plate please .
america bombed iran’s nuclear lab remember ,the one funded by obama and biden’s thoughtful generosity . trump already said yesterday if they have more we will blow them up.too .
the usual peter jennings rod clyde cromwell circumcised python basket weaving saturn egyptian loving truth haters . down voting it every time.
you cannot trust the world most nefarious cartel who abuse every time they can. their so called cease fire deals are sometimes worse than their attacks and in any case they have no word no honor no honesty no shame no conscience. if you are the target of the greedy power monster then resolve and steadfastness are helped with good material conditions like reasonable defence able to defeat aggressors.
you’re a nazionalist obviously.
they who like a fuhrer. a leader like a pharoah. the sort who like to be without their own autonomous sovereignity but prefer to be submissive, compliant obedient to authority the type that have a slave mentality.
here’s obamas mexican cartel you know obama who declared the pope is the moral authority for rule of law.
“obamas chief dea director indicted for 12$ million mexican drug cartel schemes” you tube.
a reflection on his morality no doubt. .
and additionally as jfk told you, they use infiltration as their weapon, they all in it together to enslave the world,
“spy claims us diplomats cia officers work with vebezuala to keep criminal pipeline going” you tube.
cia created using hitlers former personal head of security as its director or top boss.
and you can bet they all obey the same authority.
like this. infiltraitors
“sen rand paul taking millions from maduro regime, says government source” . you tube.
as above so below as below so above……. so everyone can see what’s happening either above or below and understand how it’s operating.
“khan ( which is king in english) tries to remove the word christmas : londoners fight back, big feel good factor ”
you tube.
its the monarchs duty by law to defend the faith which intended to mean the church of england obviously. christianity.
but the rumour mill has if charles converted to islam decades ago. if true then….. his title of defender of the faith as monarch isn’t legal.
allegedly.
greedy power monsters like slavery. they like vertical power structures one supreme entity at the top like a pharoah or caesar or emperor or pope, emir sultan king or queen. they don’t like constitutional monarchies.
they suffer them. if they must.
like here as in the city home of freenasonary, the first ever lodge built there and despite it seeming to be white anglo-saxon the highest are the shriners who only allow the koran in the lodge when they meet there. so presumably the highest are moslems.
egyptians even from pharoah.
trafalgar square’s secret “inner sanctum” you tube. nothing is what it seems.
nb regardless, the fact is that around 30 years ago every religion s leaders united to legally agree to all accepting the pope as the team leader for them all moving forward into the new world order.
one leader.
good idea 2000 ! a better idea would be 20,000