ASSESSMENTS
With Its Missile Strikes, Iran Flaunts Its Accuracy
Jan 9, 2020 | 20:51 GMT

Pieces of a Qaim 1 missile lie in a rural area of Iraq after Iran targeted Iraq's Ayn al-Asad Air Base and Arbil International Airport on Jan. 8. Iran was not particularly successful with its Qaim 1 missiles, but other strikes on the air base were highly accurate.
(Al-Baghdadi township/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Highlights
- Iran's attacks on the Ayn al-Asad Air Base demonstrate the country's ability to accurately strike targets that are far away.
- The care with which Tehran selected its targets suggests that it only wanted to send a message to the United States without igniting a larger war.
- Iran's ability to accurately fire missiles demonstrates that it can inflict damage even on more powerful adversaries like the United States.
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