Iran ‘is down to its last 1,000 missiles after using most of its ammunitions to bombard region’
by Sabrina Penty, Foreign News Reporter
Iran is believed to be down to its last 1,000 missiles as the country continues to batter Israel and the Gulf Arab states.
At the beginning of the war, the Islamic Republic had an arsenal of about 2,500 projectiles, according to Israeli think tank the Alma Research Centre.
But a new report by the centre suggests its stock has been reduced to about 1,000 missiles.
Iran was launching dozens of missiles a day at the start of the conflict, but Tehran’s firing rate has fallen significantly.
The country is now striking Israel with around 10 missiles a day, suggesting that Tehran’s ability to carry out retaliatory strikes has reduced as the conflict in the Middle East approaches its one-month mark.
But Iran has shown resilience before, with experts at Alma Research Centre saying that at the end of the 12-day war last year, Tehran was left with about 1,500 missiles. Still, within eight months, it was able to manufacture another 1,000.
