Israel's strike on Iran on October 26 destroyed the entire strategic defense potential of the Islamic Republic. This statement was made by the army radio "Galei IDF." "The attack destroyed all of Iran's strategic defense capabilities, that is, all batteries of long-range anti-aircraft missiles. Iran had two models of these: the Russian S-300 complex and another advanced model of Iranian production. All batteries were destroyed, as well as early warning radars. In fact, Iran was left with only locally produced short-range air defense batteries,” the radio station claims, citing sources in the Israeli army. According to these estimates, the main damage was caused to defense systems in Tehran and in western Iran. The Israeli army believes that “Iran has lost its strategic potential for surface-to-air missiles for the next two to three years,” being unable to quickly acquire replacements for the lost systems or quickly produce its own analogs. IDF Galei also claims that the strike damaged Iran's missile production capabilities. At the moment, the republic, according to the stated version, has 2 thousand long-range ballistic missiles, and now the Iranian side will allegedly be forced to “save weapons, since it will not be able in the near future - within several months or years - to build up the existing stock of missiles." At the same time, the production of Iranian UAVs was not damaged during the strikes, army radio reports.
In addition, according to IDF Galley, the Israeli military believed that Iran would immediately launch 200 ballistic missiles in response during an Israeli Air Force attack while the planes were still in the air, and the pilots had a separate plan for this case. The Israeli military is now preparing for the scenario of a possible Iranian response, and this time, according to IDF Galley, in repelling a potential retaliatory attack, “the Americans are expected to play a larger role in defense and interceptions.” This is due to the deployment in Israel of American THAAD missile defense systems and the deployment of three US Navy ships equipped with the Aegis missile defense system, Israeli army radio indicates.
