{"id":325695,"date":"2026-04-05T07:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325695"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:30:54","slug":"iran-repairing-missile-bunkers-within-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325695","title":{"rendered":"Iran \u2018repairing missile bunkers within hours\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fiona Parker \u2013 The Telegraph April 4, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Iran is returning missile bunkers to operation within hours of them being\u00a0struck by American and Israeli bombs<\/a>, according to intelligence reports.<\/p>\n

The reduction in Iranian drones and missile attacks\u00a0since the war began<\/a>\u00a0has been cited by the White House as proof that it is eliminating Tehran\u2019s ability to strike\u00a0targets in the Gulf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, US intelligence reports published in The New York Times now say that Iran has retained a significant number of its missiles and mobile launchers and is repairing facilities damaged by air strikes quickly.<\/p>\n

Analysts told The Telegraph earlier this week that a plateau in strike attempts suggested Iran was adapting and could be\u00a0getting better at hiding launchers<\/a>\u00a0after firing them.<\/p>\n

American officials also said that the regime wished to retain as much of its missile launch capacity as possible, so it could continue to apply pressure if the war dragged on, or could threaten the region after it ended, The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n

At a briefing earlier this week, the Pentagon said it had struck 11,000 targets in Iran within the first five weeks of war while, the\u00a0Israel Defense Forces<\/a>\u00a0reported that three quarters of Iran\u2019s missile launchers had been destroyed by March 7.<\/p>\n

But the new reports cast doubt on how close the joint US-Israeli operation is to destroying Tehran\u2019s missile capability, as missiles and drones launched by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard continue to strike targets in the Gulf.<\/p>\n

Missile launches have plummeted since the war began, from hundreds in the first few days to fewer than 40 per day more recently, with about 20 being\u00a0targeted at Israel daily<\/a>. However, Iran is launching between 50 and 100 attack drones per day at targets in the wider Middle East.<\/p>\n

The vast majority are intercepted by the US, Israel and Gulf state forces.<\/p>\n

Experts have warned that after destroying large numbers of launchers, military chiefs will probably face \u201cdiminishing returns\u201d when it comes to\u00a0locating and eliminating the remaining systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regime forces also have a geographical advantage when it comes to hiding launchers in the country.<\/p>\n

Historically, Iran and state-linked news agencies have boasted of having \u201cunderground missile bases\u201d known as the\u00a0\u201cmissile cities\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday,\u00a0Pete Hegseth<\/a>, the US defence secretary, said: \u201cYes, they will still shoot some missiles, but we will shoot them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThey will go underground, but we will find them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the US and Israel claiming to have air superiority over Iran, American special forces were forced to enter the country to\u00a0rescue the pilot of an F-15E fighter jet<\/a>. They were still searching on Saturday for the aircraft\u2019s weapons officer, who has not been seen since the jet was shot down on Friday.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials are offering rewards of about \u00a350,000 to citizens who help capture the missing crewman, according to regime-linked reports<\/p>\n

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Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tehran is reportedly adapting and getting better at hiding and repairing launchers, intelligence reports say<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325720,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325695\/revisions\/325720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}