WSJ: Iran Is Building Ballistic Missiles Again

A Wall Street Journal exclusive won't go over well at the Pentagon. The newspaper reports that Iran is once again building ballistic missiles, relying on stockpiled parts and rebuilt underground facilities and tunnels. The story, based on accounts from US and Middle East officials, runs contrary to the public US position that Tehran's missile-building capacity has been crippled. The story cites work at the Khojir complex east of Tehran in particular.

Output is limited compared with prewar levels, constrained by damage to fuel and component plants and a naval squeeze on imports, but Iran is believed capable of turning out hundreds of missiles and still holds thousands more in its arsenal. The quiet rebuild complicates a central aim of the US-Israeli campaign launched in February and extends a contest between Iran's missile supplies and dwindling interceptor reserves in the US and Gulf.