Nach Angaben des Geheimdienstes haben die USA nur ein Drittel der iranischen Raketen zerstört

The US has only destroyed about a third of Iran’s missile and drone arsenal after a month of its war against Iran which aimed to degrade the country’s ballistic missile capabilities, according to a report by Reuters.

About a third of Tehran’s missiles have been destroyed, and another third was likely to be damaged or buried in underground tunnels and bunkers, the report suggested. A similar assessment was made about the country’s drone arsenal.

The report, based on five people familiar with US intelligence, suggests that while most of Iran’s missiles are immediately inaccessible, the country still has a sizeable stockpile.

That contradicts Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday that Tehran had “very few rockets left” and statements from other US officials that the war has eliminated its ballistic missile capabilities.

Iranian officials see its ballistic missile programme as a key deterrent, particularly given the vast military superiority of the US and Israel, which is within reach of its arsenal and views it as a direct threat.

Iran has used ballistic missiles and drones to devastating effect over the last month, continuing to pound Israel and key energy and public infrastructure in the Gulf, and inflicting huge damage on the global economy.

The US and Israel have said degrading Iran’s ballistic missile capacity is one of the chief aims of the war. IWashington has deployed thousands of more troops to the Middle East in recent days as the administration reportedly mulls a ground operation in Kharg island with the aim of reopening the strait of Hormuz.

Trump said on Thursday: “The problem with the strait is this: Let’s say we do a great job. We say we got 99% [of their missiles]. 1% is unacceptable, because 1% is a missile going into the hull of a ship that cost a billion dollars.”

Israel has made ballistic missile caches and launchers one of the primary targets of its aerial campaign in Iran. It says it has “neutralised” 335 or 70% of Tehran’s missile launchers. Iran has distributed its launchers across the country in an effort to evade Israeli detection and airstrikes.

The number of launches has declined as Israel and the US continue to their bombing campaign, but missiles have still managed to hit Israel and the Gulf as interceptors also run out. Israel, the US and Gulf states have spent billions and expended critical interceptor stocks to block Iranian missile barrages.

A US official, speaking anonymously, suggested that it would be impossible to assess Iran’s missile stockpile as much of it was stored underground. “I don’t know if we’ll ever have an accurate number,” they said.

Iran fired 15 missiles and 11 drones at the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, according to the UAE defence ministry.

The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said the vast tunnel network created an extra challenge in destroying Iran’s missile stockpile, but said the US military would continue regardless.

“We are hunting them down methodically, ruthlessly and overwhelmingly, like no other military in the world can do, and the results speak for themselves,” he said earlier this month.

So only about a sixth, got it.

Are they guessing?
They have no clue probably

The US still has intelligence?

So once we destroy all of their missiles and leave…..won’t they just build more and then be in the same position they were before except now they hate us even more and know that they can close the strait in practice and not just in theory?

While technically accurate, this is sort of a misleading headline. As the article says, 1/3rd is believed to be destroyed and another 1/3rd is inaccessible because they’re damaged or buried under rubble underground from the bombing.

So that is 2/3rds of Iran’s missiles that have been taken off the board, so to speak. I know that’s not the same as what Trump said either which was “they have very few rockets left”.

Flexing a 33% completion rate is crazy work. That means 2/3 of the stash is still chilling. We might actually be cooked.

33% brings a whole new meaning to the word *obliterated*.

Someone should contact Webster’s

Who’s going to tell Trump

I was promised 90%. Are you saying this president lies? /s

I understand this to be “completely obliterated”, is that right?

And they don’t even need missiles or drones to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut. Just a fisherman’s boat and a bomb. 

Hey, only 2/3 to go! I’m sure we can get them all, right? Just another few weeks until 100% of their missiles are gone! Then everything will be hunky dory for everyone! And 🤡 will go down in history as the savior of not only Iran, but of the whole world! Easy peasy, right? What could go wrong

And it only took 3/4 of our missiles. Winning!

Surely the launchers are the more important target? Most of their missiles will be in secure bunkers.

Which will only ever be of any use with the launchers.

I am not doubting that they could have destroyed a third of Iran‘ missiles and that another third have been at least damaged.

but this article leaves a lot of questions on the table.

How have they determined how many missiles Iran has left?

Since the war started how fast can they replenish the stock of missiles and drones?

Could they have been given any missiles or could they have missiles coming from their allies Russia and China?

Also afaik the ‚missile cities‘ are also factories able to produce more missiles (I could be wrong on this).

The guardian article makes reference to a reuters article, however in the reuters article I was able to find (I will link below) a US official says it is difficult to gauge how many missiles Iran has left or has stockpiled.

Reuters article:

[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-can-only-confirm-about-third-irans-missile-arsenal-destroyed-sources-say-2026-03-27/](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-can-only-confirm-about-third-irans-missile-arsenal-destroyed-sources-say-2026-03-27/)

Have they destroyed a third, or have they deployed a third? Or did they destroy a third en route to their intended targets?

MAGA goons will be like “Trump has _already_ eliminated 1/3 of Irans missiles!”

So Iran still has the potential to create A LOT of problems?

No shit, they tend to explode when they hit US bases in the Middle East, which does destroy them tbf

That doesn’t matter. Priority will always be launchers.

Also, 2 thirds of the missile stockpile being taken out isn’t bad (read the article)