Even as it celebrated the shoot-downs, Iran was working feverishly to reconstitute its offensive capabilities. US intelligence assessments reported by The New York Times indicate that Iran is quickly repairing missile bunkers damaged in earlier American strikes. Despite a reduced arsenal, Tehran has continued launching missiles at Israel, using its launchers more carefully and strategically.
The intelligence suggests that the sustained US air campaign has degraded but not destroyed Iran’s capacity to strike — a finding that raises difficult questions about the war’s trajectory and the viability of an air-power-centric strategy.