Latest U.S. intelligence assessments show that roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran's arsenal more than one month after the United States and Israel launched massive strikes on Iran, CNN reported on Thursday.
"They are still very much poised to wreak absolute havoc throughout the entire region," a source familiar with the intelligence told the U.S. media outlet.
The assessments also indicate that Iran retains a large number of missiles, as well as a significant portion of its coastal defense cruise missiles, a key capability for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, according to the report.
Although Iran's Navy vessels have largely been destroyed, the separate naval forces belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps still retain roughly half of its capabilities, with "hundreds, if not thousands, of small boats and unmanned surface vessels left," according to sources cited by CNN.
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Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets over the past five weeks, according to recent US intelligence assessments, three sources familiar with the intel told CNN.
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The US intelligence assessment total may include launchers that are currently inaccessible, such as those buried underground by strikes but not destroyed.