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Iran Can Still Fire Drones and Missiles — Experts Weigh the Implications on the War

Iran's attacks have killed at least six US service members and disrupted one-fifth of global crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, officials said.

  • Late on Thursday, Iran launched multiple waves of drone and missile strikes across the Gulf, hitting Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates; as of March 3, it fired more than 540 missiles and over 1,450 drone strikes.
  • Tehran says the strikes are retaliation for US and Israeli attacks that began on Saturday, killing at least 1,230, and expanded from US military assets to civilian and energy infrastructure.
  • Data published March 4 shows UAE military forces detected 941 drones and intercepted 876, while strikes killed at least six US service members and hit Bahrain's main oil refinery.
  • The US Department of State suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City as Arab Gulf leaders condemned the strikes and interceptors are dangerously low, analysts warn.
  • The cost imbalance means Gulf states may spend $20-$28 on defensive fire per $1 Iran spends, threatening the 20 percent of global crude passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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No one knows the size of Iran's missile stockpile and how many warehouses and batteries have already been destroyed. It is known that drones are being mass-produced. Do the Tehran regime's chances of survival increase the longer the war lasts?

·Belgrade, Serbia
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After the US-Israeli attack, Iran has unleashed chaos with missiles and drones in the neighbouring countries of the Gulf, which is now to change.

Center

Over a thousand drones and 200 missiles: Iran does its best to bring the Arab Emirates to extreme stress. Pressure also on Bahrain, Doha and Riad. The emirs have poured billions to Trump, but under the bombs the maxi projects in the wandering Ai

·Italy
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Volkskrant broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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