# Iran still has stockpile of 2,500 missiles — as regime threatens US bombers as far away as the UK: report

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/iran-still-has-stockpile-of-2500-missiles-as-regime-threatens-us-bombers-as-far-away-as-the-uk-report/
- Published: 2026-11-15T18:44:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T19:22:13+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/world-news/iran-still-has-2500-missiles-as-it-threatens-us-air-base-in-britain-report/
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, UK, World

## Key points

- US assessment puts Iran’s remaining missile stockpile at 1,500 to 2,500.
- Iran claims a missile could reach RAF Fairford in Britain.
- The missile’s actual range remains uncertain.

## Summary

A US intelligence assessment indicates Iran may have between 1,500 and 2,500 missiles remaining, despite claims by the US and Israel that its missile programme had been severely weakened. The reported stockpile matters because Iran continues to launch missiles and drones at US bases and ships in the region, while threatening that one of its ballistic missiles could reach a military base in Britain.

Iran’s latest attacks included six drones allegedly fired at a US air-defence radar at a base in Bahrain; the US and Bahraini militaries said they intercepted them. Former US defence official Simone Ledeen said even the lower stockpile estimate would mean Iran had rebuilt half its pre-war arsenal. Iranian state broadcasters said a modified Khorramshahr missile could reach RAF Fairford, about 2,800 miles away, though its ability to do so remains unclear.

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