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Laser Focus | Sunday on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes· 2026-03-15 19:26
They call it asymmetric warfare. Iranian attacks with cheap low tech drones across the Persian Gulf while the US tries to shoot them down with anti-missile interceptors that cost millions. Could this weapon be the answer.The cost per shot goes from $4 million a shot to less than $5 a. ...
U.S. locked in a ‘test of wills’ as Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed: Military analyst
NBC News· 2026-03-12 21:48
But we do want to turn now to the latest fallout from the war against Iran and the intensifying disruption to global energy markets as President Trump tries to downplay the economic impact of rising oil prices. And as Iran's new Supreme Leader issues what the state media is calling his first public statement since his country's senior leadership was decimated by US and Israeli strikes. We should note we did not hear or see the new Supreme Leader himself who was wounded during the start of the war.Rather, an ...
How Iran's short-range missile and drone stockpile could shape the war's trajectory
NBC News· 2026-03-09 23:14
When the US and Israel attacked Iran February 28th, Iran responded with its own missiles and drones, hitting Israel and US bases, but also Gulf Arab countries, a fuel depot at Kuwait airport, an oil refinery in Bahrain, a luxury hotel in Dubai. One of the questions as we enter week two of the conflict, how much of its arsenal does Iran have left. >> Before the war, they were estimated to have around 2,000 or more medium-range ballistic missiles, that is missiles that Iran could fire from its own territory t ...