Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack
Satellite imagery suggests that Israeli’s attack on Iran appears to have damaged a key element of Tehran’s ballistic missile production and air defense sites, potentially leaving it exposed to any future attacks, military analysts told NBC News.
Satellite imagery suggests that Israeli’s attack on Iran appears to have damaged a key element of Tehran’s ballistic missile production and air defense sites, potentially leaving it exposed to any future attacks, military analysts told NBC News.
It remains unclear exactly how many sites were targeted, but analysts said the satellite images from Planet Labs suggest that the strikes on Saturday appear to have hit Khojir, a sprawling missile site near Tehran, and Parchin, a massive military base that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear program.
Israel's attack appears to have been more limited than some had expected.
The rare direct attack — a response to Tehran’s Oct. 1 barrage of more than 200 ballistic missiles — followed intense U.S. diplomacy to try to contain a hostile exchange between the two powers that has stoked fears of an all-out war.
“We hit hard Iran’s defense capabilities and its ability to produce missiles that are aimed at us,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech, adding that the attack had met all objectives.
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