Underground rocket city. American intelligence assesses Iran's losses: 33 percent destroyed. arsenal

The US authorities believe that approximately 33 percent were destroyed as a result of the attacks. Iranian missile arsenal – Reuters reported on Friday, citing four American sources who wished to remain anonymous.

According to these sources, the fate of another third of Iran's arsenal remains unclear, but the bombings likely damaged, destroyed or buried missiles stored in underground tunnels and bunkers.

Information about Iran's still significant stockpiles of missiles is in contradiction with Thursday's declarations by US President Donald Trump, who stated that Iran had “very few missiles” left.

Democratic Congressman and Iraq War veteran Seth Moulton questioned Trump's claims about Iran's missile arsenal. “If Iran is smart, it has retained some of its potential, it is not using everything it has. And it is waiting in hiding,” he said.

The US administration has stated that it intends to weaken Iran by annihilating its weapons industry, sinking its fleet, destroying its missiles and drones, and ensuring that Tehran does not possess nuclear weapons.

US forces struck over 10,000. military purposes and sank 92 percent. large ships of the Iranian Navy, US Central Command reported. The command refused to provide the exact number of Iranian missiles and drones destroyed.

As Reuters notes, the United States has not released data on the size of Iran's pre-war missile stockpile, making it difficult to estimate how much missile munitions Iran still has.

One senior U.S. official expressed skepticism about the United States' ability to accurately assess Iran's missile capabilities, in part because it was unclear how many missiles were underground and remained available. “I don't know if we'll ever know the exact number,” he said.

Despite intense US attacks, Iran is shelling the Persian Gulf countries. According to the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense, on Thursday alone Iran fired 15 ballistic missiles and 11 drones at them. Last week, Iranian forces fired long-range missiles for the first time, targeting the US-British Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean.

Israel and the US launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, killing, among others, the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Tehran responded by attacking Israel and several countries in the Middle East, hitting both American bases located there and civilian facilities. (PAP)

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