Richard Goldberg
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You have more tools.
And then finally, if you actually hit the command and control of the regime, of the Revolutionary Guard, of the besieged forces in the streets, or do things that force these people off the streets, these security forces, if people fear that they're being targeted, those who have machine guns in the streets targeting civilians, and they run away, now you have an opportunity for people to come back out of their homes.
Obviously, on their nuclear capabilities, they've been cut down a size
their actual missile forces, which are deployed ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
We don't have an accurate number in the public domain of their estimated inventory.
Remember, they had about 3,000 estimated medium to intermediate range ballistic missiles, according to Central Command a few years ago in testimony.
Then we saw them lob 100-plus in 2024 at Israel.
They lobbed hundreds during the 12-day war last summer.
And then there was some unknown number that were hit by the Israelis on the ongoing strikes while owning the airspace over Iran.
But if you just look at the sheer number that were fired and you subtract from 3,000, you don't know how many the Israelis actually hit.
how many launchers they hit as well, but there is some large number of missiles in their inventory left, and we don't have any good count on the cruise missile side as well.
So missile threat, definitely there, have to be accounted for, and you would hope we've done pretty good intel assessments on that.
And if they have storage facilities where you can take out 500 at a time in a deep underground bunker that only a B-2 can hit,
Hopefully that's on the target list.
But remember, a lot of their systems are mobile.
They've invested a lot in the solid fuel missiles.
That is actually what China has been helping them rebuild from the last war with certain components that you need in order to make that solid fuel.
You then have a drone program.
We've seen those drones operate at fairly long range.
You've seen some of these drones that they have provided to the Houthis operate at similarly very long range.
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