Iran Adapts Ballistic Missiles to Defeat US Air Defenses, Officials Say
ποΈ DOCTRINE β Iran lost 90% of its launchers, but adapted the ones that remain. π LOOK CLOSER: Maneuvering reentry vehicles defeat Patriot and THAAD by breaking predictable trajectories. With long-range arsenal degraded, Tehran is maximizing lethality of surviving missiles β quality over quantity. Every US base in the region, including Jordan and Bahrain already struck, now faces a harder intercept problem exactly as Rezaee's deadline expires.
