The president of the United States, Donald Trump has assured in recent hours that Iranian military capabilities have been largely destroyed, so the war with Iran is . For his part, the israeli army has announced that 75% of Iranian missile launchers have been destroyed.
In this sense, experts highlight that he has been amazingsince the Islamic Republic has focused on attacking various objectives instead of carrying out forceful offensives against specific military objectives.
In statements to , James Devineassociate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University (Canada), has noted that “Iran is using its missiles at a constant rate and against a wide range of targetsrather than carrying out large, massive attacks targeting a single location.”
Regarding what the purpose of this Iranian strategy could be, Devine has expressed that the Islamic republic “seems to be trying deplete interceptor supplies from the US and its allies.
In this fight to reduce the number of enemy interceptors, cheap Iranian drones are playing a decisive role. unmanned vehicles Shaded forces armies to face a difficult situation: having to spend expensive interceptors to finish off weapons whose manufacturing cost is much lower.
“Shahed drones pose a threat with no clear option to stop it”
In relation to these unmanned vehicles, Ryan Bohlsenior analyst for the Middle East and North Africa at the risk intelligence company RANE, said, also in words to Business Insiderwhich “simple drones pose a threat that the US, Israel and the Gulf countries have no clear option to stop.”
The problem of using expensive interceptors to shoot down cheap drones is not new. The same thing has happened to Ukrainewhich has had serious difficulties to finish (in an economically sustainable way) with the tens of thousands of Shaded drones that Iran has delivered to Russian forces.
