NEW: The Iranian parliament speaker, a former senior military commander with close ties to the military, said that Iran opened the war by targeting US radar and air defenses to attack any target with fewer missiles. This strategy is not working to stop ballistic missiles, though drones remain a concern. Interception rates of ballistic missiles have not changed significantly.
More Key Takeaways:
Iran’s attacks targeting radars and other missile defense equipment in the Gulf have not achieved the regime’s objective of degrading air defenses enough to reliably penetrate them.
There is evidence of damage to a THAAD battery radar in the UAE, for example, but the damage to this radar has not impacted the interception rate over the UAE.
The UAE, which has received the most Iranian attacks since the war began, has intercepted 241 of 262 ballistic missiles as of March 10, which is an interception rate of 92 percent. This interception rate is equivalent to the Israeli ballistic missile interception rates in April 2024, October 2024, June 2025, and during the current war. The interception rate also includes 19 missiles that were detected, not engaged, and landed in the sea. Only two missiles have hit UAE territory.
Other countries are having similar success, though it is difficult to determine exact interception rates from the available data. The last reported Iranian ballistic missile strike in the Gulf occurred on March 5.— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Mar 12, 2026
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The post NEW: The Iranian parliament speaker, a former senior military commander with close ties to the military, said that Iran opened the war by targeting US radar and air defenses to attack any target with fewer missiles. This strategy is not working to stop ballistic missiles, though drones remain a concern. Interception rates of ballistic missiles have not changed significantly. More Key Takeaways: Iran’s attacks targeting radars and other missile defense equipment in the Gulf have not achieved the regime’s objective of degrading air defenses enough to reliably penetrate them. There is evidence of damage to a THAAD battery radar in the UAE, for example, but the damage to this radar has not impac first appeared on The World Web Times – worldwebtimes.com.
