{"id":4457,"date":"2026-11-15T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T05:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2026-11-15T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T05:03:43","slug":"iran-retains-up-to-2500-missiles-despite-us-israeli-strikes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4457","title":{"rendered":"Iran retains up to 2,500 missiles despite US-Israeli strikes: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran continues to possess an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 missiles despite months of US and Israeli strikes targeting its military infrastructure, according to a Wall Street Journal<\/em> report.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The findings cast doubt on US President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that Iran\u2019s military capabilities have been largely wiped out, suggesting Tehran still has a sizeable arsenal that could threaten American and allied targets if hostilities resume.<\/p>\n

US officials cited by the newspaper said the intelligence assessment carries a low level of confidence, mainly because of difficulties in establishing how many missiles remain operational and ready for launch, and how many are still held in storage.<\/p>\n

Despite the damage inflicted during the strikes, Iran has continued efforts to rebuild its missile capabilities, although the pace of recovery has been slower than before the war, the report said.<\/p>\n

Tehran is also believed to retain substantial numbers of drones and short-range missiles, giving it additional capacity to target military installations and other sites across the region.<\/p>\n

Israeli military officials estimate that Iran still has more than 1,500 ballistic missiles, although assessments of its remaining arsenal vary across the region, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Simone Ledeen, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence for the Middle East, said even the lower estimate would indicate that Iran had recovered more than half of its prewar missile stockpile.<\/p>\n

The report also noted that Iranian missile and drone attacks have continued to expose vulnerabilities in US military bases, radar systems and early-warning infrastructure across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

For now, Washington appears to be relying on economic pressure, sanctions and a blockade to contain Tehran rather than launching another major military offensive.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US allies in the Gulf have expressed concern that renewed fighting could trigger retaliatory Iranian strikes across the region.<\/p>\n

Israel, however, continues to favour further military action against Iran, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran continues to possess an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 missiles despite months of US and Israeli strikes targeting its military infrastructure, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The findings cast doubt on US President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that Iran\u2019s military capabilities have been largely wiped out, suggesting Tehran still has a sizeable arsenal that could threaten American and allied targets if hostilities resume. US officials cited by the newspaper said the intelligence assessment carries a low level of confidence, mainly because of difficulties in establishing how many missiles remain…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}