️🇮🇷🇺🇸 - Western intelligence estimates indicate that Iran has maintained the ability to produce about 50 ballistic missiles per month - roughly half of its production rate before the war - and apparently has at least 1,700 ballistic missiles capable of reaching Israel, according to a Bloomberg report and Israeli security assessments from the West.
Previous estimates published by Bloomberg in October found that Iran retained about 70% of its ballistic missile stockpile, about 1,800 to 2,000 missiles, along with about 60% of its launchers and 40% of its attack drones. The newer Israeli estimate of about 1,700 missiles represents a decrease of about 800 compared to pre-war inventory estimates.
️ According to Western sources cited by Bloomberg, Iran has maintained its missile and drone production facilities despite months of U.S. and Israeli bombs, which allow Tehran to replenish its stockpile. One official noted that Iran remains "well-equipped" with ballistic missiles and anti-ship weapons and can "produce more quickly," while receiving missile supplies from Russia.
️ Iran scattered its production lines and storage warehouses deep underground in facilities carved out of hard granite mountains. These findings contradict official statements by the US and Israel that Iran's missile and drone production infrastructure was destroyed, although the White House rejected the estimates and stated that the operations had successfully destroyed Iran's conventional shield.