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Tue Β· 11 Aug 2026

Iran Deploying Maneuvering Hypersonic Missiles, Evading US Defenses β€” WSJ

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Iran Deploying Maneuvering Hypersonic Missiles, Evading US Defenses β€” WSJ

πŸ›‘οΈ TEHRAN β€” Iran was supposedly out of long-range missiles. Now they're maneuvering them. πŸ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: The 90% missile-loss figure described degraded fixed launchers, not warhead technology. Hypersonic maneuvering reentry vehicles defeat Patriot and THAAD by changing trajectory mid-flight. If Iran retained even a small inventory, every US base in the region β€” and Fifth Fleet in Bahrain β€” faces a threat tier current defenses weren't designed to stop.

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