New Delhi, April 3 -- For the past 35 days, the US and Israel have been relentlessly dropping bombs and launching missiles at Iran, including on some of the Islamic Republic's key strategic assets. When the US announced the launch of Operation Epic Fury, one of the declared objectives was to obliterate Iran's ballistic missile arsenal and production facilities.

Iran has the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, including ballistic and cruise missiles. Iranian missiles could potentially strike any locations in the Middle East, including Israel, and for a very long time, Washington and Jerusalem have been trying to eliminate this threat for this very reason.

Before the war began, US intelligence estimated that Iran ...