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THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
It is still possible this dramatic decline may be an attempt to preserve stockpiles – but maintaining production will only become harder.
US and Israeli jets now have air supremacy over Iran. Most of Iran's air defences have been destroyed. It no longer has a credible air force. Centcom says the next phase of the war is focused on hunting down Iran's missile and drone launchers, its weapons stockpiles, and destroying the factories that produce them.
It may now be easier for the US and Israel to degrade Iran's ability to fight. But it'll be difficult to destroy all its weapons stockpiles.
Iran is a country three times the size of France. Weapons can still be hidden from the sky.
Recent history also shows the limitations of wars fought from the air. Israel's military has still not destroyed Hamas in Gaza after more three years of intensive bombing. Houthi rebels in Yemen survived a year-long US bombing campaign – as did some of their weapons.
US and Israeli jets now have air supremacy over Iran. Most of Iran's air defences have been destroyed. It no longer has a credible air force. Centcom says the next phase of the war is focused on hunting down Iran's missile and drone launchers, its weapons stockpiles, and destroying the factories that produce them.
It may now be easier for the US and Israel to degrade Iran's ability to fight. But it'll be difficult to destroy all its weapons stockpiles.
Iran is a country three times the size of France. Weapons can still be hidden from the sky.
Recent history also shows the limitations of wars fought from the air. Israel's military has still not destroyed Hamas in Gaza after more three years of intensive bombing. Houthi rebels in Yemen survived a year-long US bombing campaign – as did some of their weapons.










