Director of the Center for Marine Strategic Studies and Research Professor at the Institute of Ocean Studies, Peking University, Mr. Hu Bo believes that Iran has enough missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to maintain military operations against the US and Israel for at least 2-3 months.
According to Mr. Hu Bo, although Iran's ballistic missile arsenal may have decreased to below 1,000 missiles, according to public sources, the country has an advantage in UAVs.
“Iranian UAVs are easier to produce and deploy, showing that reserves are quite abundant. In the short term, the supply of UAVs is difficult to be significantly limited,” the professor said.
Professor Hu Bo said that at the current rate, Iran can maintain the operation for the next 2-3 months if no internal turmoil occurs. "The US goal of completely destroying Iran's missile capabilities is unrealistic, because the rest are difficult to detect or are strictly protected" - he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Yue Gang - former Chinese military colonel - said that Iran still has many advantages in controlling the Strait of Hormuz, the world's important oil transportation route, citing Tehran's possession of other attack tools such as naval mines.
For his part, Mr. Yang Shu - former Director of the Central Asia Research Institute at Lanzhou University - said that the US is somewhat subjective when underestimating Iran's counter-attack capabilities because systems like THAAD cannot be absolutely protected, and just one attack on target can cause great damage.
