Israel Destroys at Least 44 Iranian Ballistic Missile Launchers

Israeli aviation destroyed at least 44 ballistic missile launchers during air attacks on Iran.

This was reported by OSINT analyst Elmustek.

According to the researcher’s estimates, the Israeli Air Force managed to hit at least 44 ballistic missile launchers using objective control footage provided by the Israel Defense Forces press service.

Most of the launchers could not be identified by an exact model due to a lack of information about the launchers themselves, as well as certain limitations of the film and their camouflage.

At the same time, American and Israeli analysts point out that the destruction of so many launchers has significantly affected the intensity of their use against Israeli territory. Thus, while in the first days of the attacks Iran fired more than 200 ballistic missiles, in 4-5 days this number decreased to about 40 units.

In addition to destroying the launchers themselves, Israeli aviation struck a powerful blow at the Iranian Khojir military complex, where ballistic missiles are produced.

The complex houses the main production facilities, including planetary mixers, which are critical for the production of solid fuel.

If they are lost, it will seriously affect Iran’s production capabilities, which does not produce such equipment on its own, so it will be forced to look for it abroad, in particular in China.

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Experts also attribute the decline in ballistic missile use to the activity of Israeli aviation, which has managed to gain air superiority, as well as to the low efficiency of Iranian strikes, which has led to relatively high civilian casualties.

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Iran planned to launch more than 1,000 missiles at Israel, but the rapid and effective strikes by Israeli aircraft dramatically changed these intentions.

As of the beginning of the conflict, according to various estimates, Iran had more than 3,000 ballistic missiles of various types in its arsenal, primarily short- and medium-range missiles with a range of 300 to 3,000 km.

Earlier, Militarnyi reported that the Israeli Defense Forces claimed to have destroyed a third of all Iranian ballistic missile launchers that reached its country.