The Israeli paper Haaretz has confirmed that 8 out of 10 Iranian missiles launched against Israeli targets are reaching their targets, following mounting reports and growing quantities of footage pointing to the failures of Israeli and U.S. ballistic missile defences. The report further noted that success rates have continued to improve as air defences have become increasingly strained. Israeli analysts observed that contributing factors have included the systematic exhaustion of the air defence network, and the destruction of U.S. forward radar systems in allied Arab states such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates which have limited the quantities of cueing data that can be provided. Sources further observed that mass bombardment by Hezbollah paramilitary units in Lebanon has further strained Israeli and U.S. defences.
Haaretz is a far more informative and trustworthy newspaper than any in Great Britain or Romania but the least biassed are the Straits Times and the Times of India.
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