With the United States and Israeli forces significantly degrading Iran’s missile stockpiles and launchers during Operation Epic Fury,Tehran’sability to launch massive ballistic missile barrages has weakened. Consequently, it has now pivoted to a new strategy – fewer shots, more targets.

The Wall Street Journal, in an analysis, highlighted how Iran is using low-cost drone attacks across at least 11 countries to impose economic costs on the U.S. and its allies.

Iran’s IRGCon Friday said its aerospace forces launched the 21st wave of Operation True Promise utilizing swarms of suicide drones and the advanced Khayber missiles with cluster warheads to saturate and bypass the Zionist regime’s multi-layered air defences. The IRGC said the coordinated assault was codenamed “Ya Mu’izz al-Mu’minin."

Iran further said that its retaliatory campaign will intensify in the coming days, with military officials vowing expanded strikes while air defences continue to intercept Israeli and US aircraft and drones across the country.

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Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, told Press TV that Israel has attempted to hide its military resources among civilian areas but Iranian forces are continuing to locate and strike them.

“The cowardly military forces and facilities of the Zionist regime have hidden in civilian and public layers," Zolfaghari said. “But the detection and striking of the aggressors will continue, and in the coming days the trend of attacks will become more intense and widespread."

He added that Iranian air defences had intercepted and destroyed advanced enemy aircraft over several regions of the country. According to Zolfaghari, the latest interceptions bring the total number of enemy drones shot down by Iranian armed forces to more than 75 since the US-Israeli aggression began last Saturday.

In New Delhi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh asserted that Tehran has “no option" but to engage in a “heroic nationalist defence" against what he termed an American and Israeli “invasion," vowing that the nation will resist to the “last bullet" and “last soldier."

Ballistic Missiles: Launches have plummeted 90% since the start of the conflict. The U.S. Pentagon reported an 86% decrease in theater ballistic missile shots as of mid-week, according to the WSJ.

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