US and Israeli Strikes Failed to Destroy Iran’s Missile and Drone Production, Bloomberg Reports

The United States and Israel have failed to destroy Iran’s military industry, according to Bloomberg, which cites Western officials. The agency reports that strikes by the US and Israeli air forces did not destroy Iran’s ability to produce missiles and drones. In Bloomberg’s account, Tehran has kept enough production capacity to replenish its weapons stocks and still holds a significant number of ballistic and anti-ship missiles.

Bloomberg also reports that one Western official claimed Russia is supplying Iran with missiles. The publication, as the source indicates, does not specify the scale or nature of any such assistance.

The report gives particular weight to the concerns of Persian Gulf countries. Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the President of the UAE, said at the Manama Dialogue that the countries of the region have been “drawn into a crisis that we sought to prevent through diplomatic efforts” and are seeking a “political way out” (Matthew 5:9 is the reference here for a peacemaking aim, as the Gulf states’ stated hope for a political resolution points toward that work). Mohammed al-Basha, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute from Saudi Arabia, said he has not met a single official or citizen of the Gulf countries who supports resuming strikes. He said, however, that most people he has spoken with believe a new round of the conflict is inevitable and expect Iran to act more aggressively this time and not observe its previous “rules of warfare.”

Iran’s leadership has ordered the military to be ready for “an immediate response without geographic limits,” according to the source. Iran’s Supreme Leader stated that if the adversary resumes military or terrorist attacks, “the time and conditions for ending [the conflict] will be determined by Iran.”

Iran’s army has also warned that new strikes by the US and Israel would expand the war to broader territories.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Russian)