Iran Is Quickly Repairing Missile Bunkers, U.S. Intelligence Says [View all]

Iranian operatives have been digging out underground missile bunkers and silos struck by American and Israeli bombs, returning them to operation hours after an attack, according to U.S. intelligence reports.

Iran has also retained a significant amount of its missiles and mobile launchers, the reports say.

The Pentagon and White House this week claimed to have made substantial progress against Iran. At a briefing this week, the Pentagon said it had struck 11,000 targets in Iran in five weeks of war.

But American intelligence agencies have cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran’s missile capability, a key goal in the war. While U.S. intelligence agencies have not estimated the number of remaining launchers with high confidence, Iran retains the ability to use its remaining arsenal of ballistic missiles and missile launchers to attack Israel and other countries in the region, according to American officials briefed on the intelligence

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