Missile Launch and Impact Stats on Israel – Full Breakdown Based on Visuals and Official Reports
Two major trends have clearly emerged from the recent missile exchanges between Iran and Israel:
— In the first three days of the conflict, Iran launched salvos of 40–50 ballistic missiles at a time, with only a few hours between each wave.
But as time went on, those windows widened and the number of missiles per salvo dropped significantly — now down to 10–20 missiles once every 12 hours.
That’s a 50% reduction in volume.
This decline is likely a direct result of Israeli airstrikes and Mossad operations, which are systematically disabling both missile launchers and storage sites in western Iran.
Iran is now increasingly forced to rely on longer-range, less numerous missiles from deeper inside the country, which take longer to prepare and are harder to launch in bulk.
— Yet despite fewer missiles in each wave, the number of confirmed impacts in Israel remains steady — typically 4–5 direct hits per salvo.
This rate of successful strikes has been observed both when Iran launched 50 missiles and when it launched just 20.
What this suggests:
— Iran is now using more advanced and accurate long-range missiles, even if in smaller numbers.
— Israel's air defense systems may be showing signs of fatigue or strain, a possibility raised by several foreign media outlets.
This is further supported by the ongoing U.S. airlift delivering munitions to replenish Israel’s missile defense stockpiles.
Bottom line:
Iran still maintains a functional missile arsenal, but its capacity has been significantly degraded due to Israeli strikes and earlier high-volume attacks.
Meanwhile, Israel’s air defenses are still intercepting most missiles, but their effectiveness has declined compared to the early days of the conflict — pointing to both the use of more sophisticated Iranian missiles and growing exhaustion within Israeli defense systems.