TEL AVIV HIT BY MISSILES AS IDF, US STOCKS OF INTERCEPTORS GET DANGEROUSLY LOW, NO SIGN OF REGIME CHANGE AFTER THE DEATH OF KHAMENI

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI CONFIRMED KILLED BY RIANIAN TV

KILLED IN HIS COMPOUND IN THE FIRST WAVE OF STRIKES BY ISRAEL AND THE USA

MUST HAVE HAD INSIDE INTELLIGENCE

BUT NO SIGN OF REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN 

IRAN HAS LAUNCHED ITS BIGGET BARRAGE IN HISTORY HITTING 27 BASES AND ISRAELI MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/01/us-launches-second-wave-of-strikes-on-iran/

US MEDIA REPORT ON GIGANTIC EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/at-least-one-person-seriously-injured-in-tel-aviv-missile-strike/

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/28/world/video/iran-missile-attacks-tel-aviv-jeremy-diamond-vrtc

BUILDING OF THE ISRAELI GENERAL STAFF REPORTED TO BE HIT

SIGNS GROW THE US AND ISRAEL MAY BE ALREADY RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW ON INTERCEPTORS

THE EPSTEIN ADMIN SEEMS TO HAVE BET ON QUICK REGIME CHANGE 

KNOWING THEY CANNOT WIN A WAR OF ATTRITION, THE EPSTEIN ADMN  MAY USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

From media

The ability of the US, Israel and Gulf Arab states to weather Iran’s retaliatory strikes will depend on how many missile interceptors they have — and stocks are most likely dangerously low after intense combat with the Islamic Republic last year.

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Defending against such weapons requires an even bigger number of interceptors — typical military doctrine calls for firing two or three at each incoming target to maximize the chances of hitting it. Stocks of missile interceptors could be in danger of running low within days if the intensity of current Iranian attacks persists, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“Missile interceptors are a big concern, particularly anti-ballistic interceptors,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center. “We are using these interceptors faster than we can make them.”

Dozens or more Iranian missiles were intercepted on Saturday around the region, but at least a few got through. The result of continued strikes is that if Iran has more missiles than its targets have interceptors, more attacks will start getting through.

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Magazine capacity was already low” for the US and its partner nations after last year, said William Alberque, a senior adjunct fellow at the Pacific Forum, a foreign policy research institute.

The US fired about 150 THAAD interceptors last June to defend Israel during the 12-day war against Iran, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Those weapons are the highest-end ground-based missile defense system in the American inventory, with each Lockheed Martin Corp. interceptor costing about $15 million. But only a few dozen were purchased last year.

Such weapons are designed to be able to take out ballistic missiles beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The costs of firing hundreds of them — as well as other types of interceptors — is enormous. In April 2024, Bloomberg reported that it probably cost Israel — as well as the American, British, French and Jordanian air forces — around $1.1 billion to foil missile and drone attacks from Iran. That was for a few hours’ work.

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The US and Israeli militaries will try to reduce the number of missiles and launchers Iran has available, and kill top commanders to prevent their use.

The question of which side can outlast the other is a sobering one, said Eyal Pinko, a former naval commander who does research at Bar Ilan University outside Tel Aviv.

“A lot more attacks are coming,” he said in a briefing to the Jerusalem Press Club. “They have thousands of missiles and drones, huge stocks. They will do everything to maintain the regime. This is now an all-out war for their survival.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-announces-major-combat-operations-iran