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A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain.

An Iranian strike on an American military base in Saudi Arabia, injuring two dozen troops. Two drones targeting a port in Oman, and a strike on the Kuwait International Airport. Workers at an aluminum facility in Abu Dhabi wounded by a missile and drone attack. President Trump has said that the United States has all but obliterated Iranian military capabilities, portraying Iran as a defanged adversary. The U.S. military says that the number of attacks Iran has launched has declined by roughly 90 percent from the opening days of the war, and the Israeli military says it has rendered roughly 70 percent of Iran’s hundreds of missile launchers inoperable.

Full analysis : A wave of strikes across the Middle East in recent days shows that Iran has not lost the capacity to retaliate.

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