The Pentagon said Monday that Iran’s failed attack on Israel over the weekend was 'pretty telling,' considering Tehran’s weapons capabilities.
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Monday that Iran’s failed attack on Israel over the weekend was 'pretty telling' about Tehran’s weapons capabilities. A reporter had asked Ryder what lessons the U.S. learned from the attack and what they said about the capabilities of Iran and those of the U.S. Ryder said the U.S. had 'learned a lot from this,' but declined to go into specifics.
Only seven ballistic missiles reached Israeli territory, causing minor damage to an air base. Israeli and U.S. forces shot down the rest with help from the British and the French. ISRAEL WEIGHS OPTIONS AFTER IRAN'S ‘BRAZEN’ ATTACK; UN MEETS The attack was widely expected as Iran had been warning for days of retaliation after an airstrike on its Syrian consulate earlier this month killed a dozen people, including a top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
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