Iran's Strike Capability Outpacing US Destruction Campaign, Analysts Warn

CENTCOM claims 1,450-plus strikes destroyed over 85 percent of Iran's missile and drone industrial base. Yet Iran killed three US soldiers in a July 18 Jordan base attack with increasingly precise missiles and drones. Defense Priorities' Jennifer Kavanagh says Iran's capabilities have reconstituted faster than expected, likely aided by Russian and Chinese intelligence. Some 50,000 US troops remain on exposed fixed bases across the region.