Have Iran's ballistic missile capabilities been damaged by Israeli attacks?

The Israeli Air Force struck a dozen targets in Iran used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles as part of its military retaliation against the Islamic Republic, significantly affecting Tehran's ability to replenish its stocks, Israeli media reported on Saturday evening.

The targets attacked were sophisticated equipment that Iran could not produce itself and had to be purchased from China. Walla reported. The targets were a crucial part of Iran's ballistic missile program. Walla quoted three anonymous Israeli sources.

Israeli sources also said that during the operation, four S-300 air defense batteries located at strategic locations protecting nuclear and energy facilities in Tehran were attacked. A drone manufacturing factory and a facility at the Parchin military complex, where research and development activities for nuclear weapons have taken place in the past, were also attacked.

Additional reports of attacks

The Arabic independent online newspaper Elaph Israel reportedly targeted a secret ballistic missile factory in Iran, destroying a large number of heavy fuel mixers used to power Kheibar and Haj Qasem missiles – both of which were fired by Iran at Israel earlier this month. The report also claimed that the S-300 air defense batteries attacked were Russian-made and destroyed radars that power these and other systems in Syria and Iraq.

According to the report, the ballistic missile factory was completely destroyed. A source told Elaph that it was the “backbone of Iran's missile industry” and that Israel had “decommissioned” it, and also reported that each heavy oil mixer destroyed was estimated to cost at least two million dollars and about twenty mixers of this type were destroyed.

A screenshot from a handout video released on October 26, 2024 shows an Israeli Air Force aircraft departing to attack Iran, according to the Israeli army. (Source: ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

While Walla Informed sources about the Iranian missile industry reported that production to restore this equipment would reportedly take at least a year Elaph that it would take at least two years to put the destroyed factory back into operation.

In total, more than 100 Israeli aircraft took part in the attack on Iranian targets, Ynet reported, explaining that their mission was to hit the Islamic Republic's most advanced air defense systems and establish air superiority there for possible upcoming IAF operations In the future, combat aircraft could also fly at relatively low altitudes in the sky over Tehran.

The Ynet report goes on to say that it is estimated that it will take many days to assess the damage caused by the attacks.

Additional reports of attacks

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