After new attacks in the region, Trump claims that Iran still has a fifth of its missile arsenal. He also points to drones and the ongoing threat in the Gulf of Oman.
Iran still has 21 to 22 percent of its missile stockpile, US President Donald Trump said. He announced this after Tehran fired dozens of rockets in the region within a few days. TASR writes about it according to an AFP report.
- Donald Trump claims that Iran still has about a fifth of its missile stockpile.
- Trump’s estimates have long fluctuated between eighteen and twenty-two percent.
- Iranian forces announced warning missiles at US destroyers in the Gulf of Oman.
- Kuwait reports Iranian drone and missile attack on airport terminal with casualties.
- Subsequent Iranian missile strikes hit Kuwait and Bahrain as alleged enemy bases.
“They have some missiles, they have some drones. My estimate is maybe 21 to 22 percent,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News.
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In May, he claimed that Iran had only 18 percent of its total missile stockpile. In the past, Trump has also stated that the US military has completely destroyed Iran’s military capabilities.
Iran’s armed forces said on Friday they had fired “warning missiles” at two US destroyers in the Gulf of Oman – a claim the US military immediately denied.
Attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain
Two days earlier, Kuwait announced that Iran had launched a drone and missile attack on the capital’s international airport terminal. One person was killed and others were injured in the incident.
Subsequently, on Saturday morning, Kuwait again became the target of missile attacks by Iran, while the attacks also hit Bahrain.
Revenge of the Revolutionary Guards
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they launched missile strikes against “enemy bases” after the US military said it had hit radar sites in Iran and shot down drones heading for the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.
