New Delhi, June 10 -- The two governments cannot both be right. Either Iran punched through American air defenses across three countries in a single overnight operation, or the most advanced missile shield in the world deflected nearly everything Tehran threw at it. What is certain is that both sides are now claiming victory over the same attack, with named sources on each side, and neither is providing the evidence that would settle the question.

the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, the Ali Al-Salem air base in Kuwait, and the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain - citing a military source who said the assessment drew on satellite imagery and field intelligence relayed to Iran's foreign intelligence service. The Islamic Revolutiona...