Israeli strikes have degraded Iran’s ballistic missile production to the point where it currently cannot manufacture new missiles, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported, as the military plans at least three more weeks of operations against Iran’s defense industry under Operation Roaring Lion.
IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military has “thousands of targets” remaining across the country. “We are ready, in coordination with our U.S. allies, with plans through at least the Jewish holiday of Passover, about three weeks from now,” Defrin told CNN on Sunday. “And we have deeper plans for even three weeks beyond that.”
The campaign, conducted alongside the U.S. military’s Operation Epic Fury, began February 28 with Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and more than 40 senior Iranian officials. The IDF has since shifted focus to systematically dismantling Iran’s military production infrastructure, targeting facilities across the full manufacturing chain for ballistic missiles, air defense systems, naval weapons, cyber capabilities, and satellite development.
The IDF’s Intelligence Directorate (AMAN) reported that Israeli forces have struck more than 1,700 assets across Iran’s defense industry, with hundreds of additional targets remaining. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has completed over 400 strike waves and dropped more than 10,000 munitions since the war began.
✈️ The IAF completed a wave of strikes, in which numerous munitions were dropped on 400+ military infrastructure targets including ballistic missile launchers & additional weapons production sites.
Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, the IAF carried out ~190 strike… pic.twitter.com/3c85CUrDJg
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 8, 2026
Israeli forces have also destroyed or disabled approximately 70% of Iran’s estimated 500 ballistic missile launchers and taken out more than 100 air defense systems and approximately 120 detection systems, giving the IAF air supremacy over most of Iran’s airspace, according to AMAN.
AMAN reported more than 6,000 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members killed and approximately 15,000 wounded. The IDF said it has identified declining morale and cases of desertion within Iran’s ballistic missile forces, which it attributed to repeated strikes on command centers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that Iran “has neither sought a truce nor talks,” and that Iranian forces would “keep firing until POTUS realizes that the illegal war he’s imposing on both Americans and Iranians is wrong and must never be repeated.”
Told CBS: Iran has neither sought a truce nor talks. Such claims are delusional.
Our Powerful Armed Forces will keep firing until POTUS realizes that illegal war he’s imposing on both Americans and Iranians is wrong and must never be repeated. Victims must also be compensated. pic.twitter.com/vWliAFCAbp
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 15, 2026
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told ABC on Sunday that the conflict would end “in the next few weeks.”
