Iran May Be Trying to Exhaust US Air Defenses: Analyst
Source: Bloomberg Politics · Bias: Center
Summary
Marion Messmer, international security programme director at Chatham House, says the Pentagon's arsenal of interceptor missiles "might be running lower than the US would actually like" and that Iran's retaliatory attacks on countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait. Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia may a way of trying to exhaust US air defenses and missile stocks. Messmer speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
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