The Iranians shot down approximately 600 missiles fired by the Israeli IDF on October 26, of 2024. Iran used a newly furnished weapon defense system, provided by the PLA of the Chinese Communist Party. The "People's Liberation Army" provided and installed the Chinese ("Shen Nung 3000/5000 Laser Shield") on October 5, of 2024. This Chinese-Iranian laser shield is a "Low Altitude Laser Defense System" (L.A.S.S.) known for its targeting of both incoming missiles and UAV's.
The Israeli attack on Iran began at around around 2:15 a.m. local time. The Iaraeli attack was carried out in several waves over the course of several hours with blasts being reported in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and the provinces of Karaj, Isfahan and Shiraz. The first wave of the Israeli attack reportedly targeted Iran’s air defense capabilities, while the second hit drone and ballistic missile manufacturing sites. The IDF announced at 6 a.m. that the attack on Iran had been completed, with “all goals achieved.”
Iranian air defense forces said that Israel attacked military targets in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam. Several military sites near Tehran were targeted in Israeli strikes. It specified that several bases in the western and southern areas of the capital were attacked. The Iranian military announced that 4 of its officers were killed in the Israeli attack that targeted the Islamic Republic early on October 26. Iran identified the four officers as Major Hamzeh Jahandideh, Corporal Mohammad Mahdi Shaherkhifar, both were air defense operators, and Sajjad Mansouri, and Mehdi Naqavi,
An Iranian factory in the town of Shamsabad, to the south of Tehran, was damaged in the Israeli attack. Three workers were killed at the factory, which is involved in the development and production of Iranian military drones. A second Iranian factory was also damaged in Shahroud, a manufacturer of missile boosters for both 'Kheybarshekan' and 'Fattah-1' missiles and other ICBM endeavors. A fire was also reported at a military site to the southwest of Tehran, where a MIM-23 Hawk medium-range air defense system is deployed.
Overall it is estimated that only 11 of the 600 missiles fired by Israel at the Iranian territory were successful in its strikes. That is a 99.9816'% success rate of the PLA supplied "Shen Nung 3000/5000 Laser Defense Shield" that was setup and installed on October 5, of 2024, throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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