"The US has enough interceptors": An IDF source dismantles Trump's excuse
In Israel, claims of a shortage of interceptors are rejected, clarifying that the US and the IDF have enough armament for defense and attack against Iran. The security establishment estimates that Tehran is still struggling to restore the missile production array damaged in the war.
Security sources in Israel state that there is no real shortage of interceptors for the IDF, and certainly not for the US military in the face of the Iranian threat.
"This is a spin by interested parties to echo this," says a security source in Israel.
The assessment in Israel is that Iran is failing to restore the production capabilities of its ballistic missile array.
"The US and Israel struck for forty days, during the 'Lion's Roar' war, all components of the Iranian defense industry," says a military source. "Did we hit the entire Iranian military industry? Probably not. Iran is a large country, and it may be that somewhere there is one component or another that can produce individual parts of the missiles. But we know that Iran currently has no ability to produce missiles from scratch. They are not there. They are trying to restore what they can."
For example, they are trying to open blocked tunnels or locate damaged launchers, working to renovate them in an attempt to return them to operational status. "But these are extremely limited actions. We do see Iran's motivation to restore systems, but they are limited in capabilities due to the activity of the IDF and the US military, which hit all production arrays, from the handling of raw materials and development centers to production," says the military source.
In Israel's security establishment, they remain on high alert, with the understanding that the fighting against Iran could develop at any moment. In Israel, there is a consensus that it will not be possible to close the Iran issue without a settlement on the nuclear program and the enriched uranium in the hands of the Iranians.
"Without dealing with this, it is impossible to move forward," said a military source.
According to him, the fact that US President Donald Trump has been keeping the forces on alert for several weeks wears down the systems over time. "People are on long-term alert. It disrupts people's plans here. People did not take their families on summer vacation abroad for fear that the situation could deteriorate while they are away. People were required on several weekends to be ready for war within hours, and that is certainly challenging."
Sources in Israel are unanimous that there is no negative gap in the amount of armament for attack and defense in a war between the US and Israel against Iran. "The US has enough interceptors, and that is not the reason for not attacking Iran," said a military source.
