Israeli Strike Cripples Iran's Ballistic Missile Production
- 27.10.2024, 9:04
High-tech equipment has been destroyed.
On the night of October 26, Israel retaliated against Iran for the missile attack on October 1. The attack disabled a critical component of Iran's ballistic missile program.
This is reported by Axios.
According to three Israeli sources, the destruction of the equipment is causing serious damage to Iran's ability to update its missile arsenal. In particular, it could deter Iran from further massive missile strikes on Israel.
The sources said Israel struck 12 “planetary mixers” used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which make up the bulk of Iran's missile arsenal.
In turn, a senior US official confirmed that the Israeli strike is crippling Iran's missile production capabilities.
Axios, citing Israeli sources, writes that the mixers that Israel hit are high-tech equipment that Iran cannot produce on its own and is forced to buy from China. According to them, it could take at least a year to restore the mixers.
And although Iran still has a large stockpile of ballistic missiles, Israeli sources say that the inability to produce new ballistic missiles will limit Iran's ability to replenish the ammunition of its proxies. In particular, we are talking about the Hezbollah group and the Houthis.
In addition to the mixers, the Israeli attack hit four S-300 air defense batteries, which were located in strategic locations and protected Tehran, as well as nuclear and energy facilities in Iran.
After the incident, the Iranian military said that the Israeli strike was carried out from Iraqi airspace. They added that several radar systems suffered minor damage and are currently in the process of being restored.
The Iranian military did not mention any damage to missile or drone production facilities, stressing that the Iranian state reserves the right to retaliate.
At the same time, Israeli sources confirmed that the strikes were carried out from the airspace of Syria and Iraq, and some of them were carried out near the Iraqi border with Iran.
In addition, according to the sources, the Israeli Air Force attacked a drone production plant and carried out a “symbolic” strike on a facility in the city of Parchin, which was used in the past for nuclear weapons research and development.
On the same day, on Saturday, US President Joe Biden told reporters that the Israeli strike only hit military targets in Iran. In addition, he hopes that this will put an end to the exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran.
Meanwhile, the Qatari Prime Minister held a telephone conversation with the Iranian Foreign Minister, expressing serious concern about the escalation of the situation in the region after the Israeli strike.
“All parties in the region must maintain maximum restraint and avoid any further steps that could destabilize the region,” he said during the conversation.