Report: US intelligence indicates around half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact

US intelligence has assessed that around half of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers are still intact despite over a month of US and Israeli bombardment across the country, sources tell CNN.

Still, some of the remaining missile launchers are not believed to be accessible at present, the sources tell CNN, having been buried under rubble amid the waves of airstrikes.

Contrary to the US assessment, Israel said in March that it had destroyed or disabled around 60 percent of Iran’s estimated 470 ballistic missile launchers.

The discrepancy between the two estimates could be put down to differences in how Israel and the US classify launchers that are intact but inaccessible.

According to Israel’s assessment, around 200 of the launchers were destroyed in strikes, while another 80 are not considered to be operational after the IAF struck tunnel entrances to subterranean facilities where they are stored, according to the military.

Separately, US intelligence assessments have also indicated that Iran still has thousands of attack drones stockpiled and ready for use, CNN says.

One source cited by the outlet warns that Iran is “still very much poised to wreak absolute havoc throughout the entire region.

The White House and the Pentagon both deny the content of the report, with a White House spokesperson accusing the sources of trying to “demean” the achievements of the joint US-Israeli offensive on Iran.