The Bloomberg news agency, citing a Western intelligence assessment, reported that the Islamic Republic produces about 50 ballistic missiles a month, despite months of attacks by the United States and Israel on its military infrastructure; A figure that is almost half of the missile production capacity before March 9 last year.
Bloomberg quoted an "informed Western official" from military intelligence reports and wrote that it is estimated that the Iranian government has at least 1,700 ballistic missiles in its arsenal.
This assessment contradicts the statements of American officials that Tehran's ability to produce missiles has greatly weakened. US Secretary of War Pete Heggest said on Tuesday that more than 80% of the Islamic Republic's nuclear industrial infrastructure had been destroyed.
Bloomberg also wrote that Tehran may still have thousands of Shahid-type UAVs, although the exact size of the Islamic Republic's missile and UAV inventory is still unclear.