{"id":452755,"date":"2026-05-21T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452755\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:17:10","slug":"iran-could-reportedly-rebuild-its-military-infrastructure-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452755\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran could reportedly rebuild its military infrastructure in months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damage caused by the United States and Israel<\/a> to Iran\u2019s military industrial bases has set the country\u2019s ability to rebuild its combat infrastructure back months, not years, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with recent US intelligence assessments.<\/p>\n

Some of Iran\u2019s military industrial base remained intact, the source added, which could serve to further accelerate Iran\u2019s timeline for rebuilding certain capabilities.<\/p>\n

Additional US intelligence estimates that Iran could \u201cfully reconstitute its drone attack capability in as soon as six months,\u201d according to another source, who is a US official, adding that \u201cthe Iranians have exceeded all timelines the IC had for reconstitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

This confirms additional reports that Iran had restarted some of its drone production during the ongoing ceasefire that began in April, two other sources familiar with US intelligence assessments told CNN.<\/p>\n

Further, four other sources familiar with US intelligence assessments explained that Iran\u2019s ability to rebuild its military infrastructure, including repairing destroyed missile sites, launchers, and its production capacity for key weapons systems, means that it continues to remain a \u201csignificant threat\u201d to the region.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SmokeSmoke rises from the oil refineries in Haifa, northern Israel, following a missile strike fired from Iran toward Israel, in March. (credit: Anthony Hershko\/Flash90)Iran receiving support from Russia, China<\/p>\n

One of the sources told CNN that there are several reasons Iran has been able to begin rebuilding its military capabilities at such an advanced rate, including reported Russian and Chinese support<\/a> and the possibility that the US and Israel did not do as much damage as they had hoped.<\/p>\n

Throughout the conflict, China has reportedly provided Iran with missile components, two of the sources told CNN, noting that the effort has likely been slowed by the ongoing blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

In an interview with CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes, however,\u00a0Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said that while China has been somewhat supporting Iran, \u201cthere\u2019s not been that much support\u201d for Iran from Moscow.<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun denied the allegation during a press conference, calling it baseless.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for US Central Command (CENTCOM) declined to provide a comment to CNN on the matter, saying that it does not discuss matters related to intelligence.<\/p>\n

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told CNN that \u201cAmerica\u2019s military is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President\u2019s choosing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the US military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests,\u201d Parnell added.<\/p>\n

CENTCOM chief’s testimony reportedly ‘inconsistent’ with intel<\/p>\n

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper on Tuesday told the House Armed Services Committee that Iran\u2019s military capabilities have been largely eliminated – a testimony \u00a0\u201cinconsistent\u201d with US intelligence, two sources told CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperation Epic Fury significantly degraded Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles and drones while destroying 90% of their defense industrial base, ensuring Iran cannot reconstitute for years,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damage caused by the United States and Israel to Iran\u2019s military industrial bases has set the country\u2019s ability…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[47994,42,87,12157,15005,43,157282,157283,40,38,41,39,1032],"class_list":["post-452755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-centcom","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iran-missiles","tag-israel-iran-war","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}