US says it has destroyed Iran missile capacity: How is Iran still shooting?
Al Jazeera
Despite degraded launch capabilities, Iran has enough missiles to fire strategically and keep the region on edge, experts say.
Joint attacks by the United States and Israel have severely reduced Iran’s capacity to fire missiles and drones, experts say, but Iran retains enough capabilities to inflict significant damage.
“Iran’s ballistic missile capacity is functionally destroyed. Their navy assessed combat ineffective. Complete and total aerial dominance over Iran,” the White House said on Saturday. “Operation Epic Fury is yielding massive results,” it said in reference to the war launched by Israel and the US on February 28.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump said US forces had decimated Iran’s drone manufacturing capacity.
Still, on Monday afternoon, Qatar announced it had intercepted the latest in a series of missiles fired from Iran towards the country. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain also issued alerts. A missile landed on a car in Abu Dhabi, killing a person.
So are Iran’s missile capabilities severely reduced? And how is it still firing projectiles at its neighbours and Israel?
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