Israel's strike against Iran disabled a critical component of Iran's ballistic missile program, the portal Axios reported, citing its sources.
They say the destruction of the production equipment has caused serious damage to Iran's ability to replenish its missile arsenal and could force it to abandon further massive missile attacks against Israel. The strike targeted facilities used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which make up the bulk of Iran's missile arsenal. The portal's source in the US administration confirmed that the attack undermined Iran's missile production capabilities.
Iran cannot produce equipment like the one destroyed on its own and buys it from China, Axios added. According to his sources, the recovery could take at least a year. Although Iran still has a large stockpile of ballistic missiles, the portal's Israeli government sources say, the fact that Tehran cannot produce new ballistic missiles will also limit its ability to direct missiles at Lebanon's Shiite organization Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthi rebel movement. Ansar Allah.
According to Axios sources, the strike damaged four batteries of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems that were protecting Tehran and Iran's nuclear and energy facilities. In addition, the portal continued, strikes on Iranian territory were carried out from the airspace of Syria and Iraq, some of them close to Iraq's border with Iran. The Israeli Air Force attacked a drone manufacturing plant and carried out a “symbolic” strike against a facility in the city of Parchin that was used in the past for research and development of nuclear weapons.