CNN again, this time about the senate intel committee (yeah,, what intelligence).
My thoughts here, the CNN txt bold below.
So Iranian Government intact. That's a surprise not given how big governments are, esp authoritarian ones.
Nuke ICBM by 2035, not the two weeks that was said... 2 weeks ago. And I notice there is a "space" thing creeping in. Isreal said the other day it had destroyed a space lab that was developing an anti sat satellite, reminiscent of Reagans star wars. So it looks like they are piling on every reason they can think of ? Bio labs tomorrow ?
"US intel assesses Iranian regime "appears to be intact," director of national intelligence says
The US intelligence community assesses that the Iranian regime “appears to be intact, but largely degraded due to attacks on its leadership and military capabilities,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said today.
“The IC assesses that if a hostile regime survives, it will likely seek to begin a years-long effort to rebuild its military, missiles and UAV forces,” Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee at its hearing on global threats. Her comments come after a number of Iran’s top leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were killed.
Gabbard said, that prior to the start of US and Israeli military operations at the end of February, the IC assessed that “Iran was trying to recover from the severe damage to its nuclear infrastructure sustained during the 12-Day War and continued to refuse to comply with its nuclear obligations.” She did not give details on those recovery efforts or whether Iran was seeking to rebuild its enrichment capabilities.
Iran’s “conventional military power projection capabilities have largely been destroyed, leaving limited options,” Gabbard said. The US “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions and the snapback of European sanctions had “significantly degraded” Tehran’s “strategic position.”
“The IC assesses that internal tensions are likely to increase as Iran’s economy worsens,” she said.
Gabbard reiterated the assessment that Iran “could use” existing technology “to begin to develop a militarily viable ICBM before 2035 should Tehran attempt to pursue that capability,” but said the assessment would be updated to take into account the impact of “Operation Epic Fury.” She did not say there had been a change to the assessment of whether Tehran has decided to pursue that capability.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe noted that “Iran is gaining experience in these larger, more powerful booster technologies through its so-called Space Launch Vehicle program” and “if left unimpeded … they would have the ability to range missiles to the continental US.”"