War analysts say the massive Iranian missile attack the US called ‘ineffective’ likely wasn’t just for show

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War analysts say the massive Iranian missile ******* the US called ‘ineffective’ likely wasn’t just for show

Iran on Tuesday launched a massive ballistic-missile strike on *******.

War analysts suggest it was likely intended to overwhelm air defenses and damage military targets.

The US and ******* said the missiles were mostly intercepted and that the ******* was “defeated.”

Iran’s strike on ******* on Tuesday with over 180 ballistic missiles was a massive *******, what appears to be the largest single ballistic-missile barrage in history.

The ******* was largely ineffective, US and ******** officials said, but conflict experts said it wasn’t just for show. Iran’s intention appeared to be to cause significant damage by overwhelming ******** and partner air defenses.

War analysts with the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank that closely tracks conflicts,

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Tuesday that “Iran likely intended to inflict significant damage on ******* by oversaturating ******** air defenses, particularly in central *******.”

The missile *******, which came

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to the ******** of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday and the ************** of the ****** political leader Ismail Haniyeh in July, appeared to be focused on several military and government targets in the country, some of which were near or in densely populated central *******.

The ISW analysts wrote that all the missiles, of which there were many, that were aimed at this area would need to be intercepted by the ******* Defense Forces.

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Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was ******* in an ******** airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday. HOSSEIN BERIS/Getty Images

That apparent targeting focus and the number of ballistic missiles used indicate that Tuesday’s Iranian strike “may have been designed to overwhelm the ******** Arrow ballistic missile defense system by saturating it with large numbers of systems in relatively small and densely populated areas,” ISW said.

The conflict analysts said the available evidence suggested Iran was going beyond just a show of force in its strike.

Despite this, the ******* was reportedly largely repelled by ******** air defenses, as well as

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. While details on the casualties and damage to ******** targets are still unknown, the IDF said Tuesday that the “majority” of ballistic missiles were intercepted, though there were some impacts in areas in central and southern *******.

Jake Sullivan, the US national security advisor, also said Tuesday the ******* was “defeated and ineffective.” Vice President Kamala Harris said: “We are still assessing the impact, but initial indications are that *******, with our assistance, was able to defeat this *******.” She added: “Our ****** defenses have been effective.”

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also appeared designed to test the effectiveness of *******’s air defenses, such as the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and

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, but ******* was able to fend off that unprecedented ******* with its

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and support from partner nations.

April’s strike focused on ******** positions in northern and southern ******* and included about 120 ballistic missiles, 170 ******* drones, and 30 cruise missiles. It was the first-ever direct ******* on ******* from Iranian soil and came in retaliation for an ******** airstrike on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Syria earlier that month, which ******* several military officials.

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