IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin on Monday announced that the air force has destroyed a third of Iran's ballistic missile launchers, 120 in total.

Each launcher could have fired dozens of missiles over the course of the current war.

The Islamic Republic was only able to fire around half of the missiles it had intended to fire overnight, said Defrin.

Preventing Tehran from attacking Israel

This means that for the rest of the war, Iran's ability to launch more missiles at once will be reduced by at least a third, if not more, given that during the overnight attack, Tehran's firing capability was reduced by around half.
Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, June 15, 2025 (credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, June 15, 2025 (credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
Overnight, Defrin said that the air force also destroyed 20 ballistic missiles that were on their way to being fired. This means that given that Iran fired 40 ballistic missiles, it would have fired at least 60, without getting into how many missiles it lost the ability to fire, given its losses in the area of missile launchers.

Also, Defrin said that the air force launched 50 aircraft, which struck around 100 targets over the course of the last day.

This is a developing story.