US President Donald Trump. File photo.
The New York Times released a sensational admission. Trump's team underestimated the enemy.
According to US officials, casualties in the first week of the war were much higher than expected. Iran has changed tactics: its strikes have become more widespread and less predictable.
Despite the deaths of Khamenei and dozens of generals, the country continues to fight and maintains control over the regime. MIT professor Theodore Postol stated that US air defenses are no match for Iranian drones.
The numbers speak for themselves:
the US has lost 20 troops at bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
The Pentagon has spent approximately $6 billion, $4 billion of which went on interceptor missiles.
Iran retains half its missile arsenal and most of its drones.
Experts warn that the US administration has stepped into the unknown, and that far greater shocks await Americans.