In response to potential attacks by the United States and Israel, Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles

Rumors are rampant that the United States and Israel will resume bombing Iran after the mid-term elections on November 3. Tehran has stated that it will adopt an extreme retaliatory strategy against the new wave of military actions by the United States and Israel. The Wall Street Journal quoted an analysis saying that Iran still possesses hundreds to thousands of ballistic missiles. U.S. and regional officials believe that Tehran has used component stocks to restart production of a limited number of ballistic missiles in underground facilities.

Sina Toossi, an Iran expert at the Center for International Policy, a Washington think tank, pointed out that the current consensus in Iran is that "deterrence requires immediate, sustained and significant costs to the enemy"; Farzin, a senior researcher at the Washington Institute Nadimi said that Tehran must also take into account similar retaliatory actions by the United States and Israel. "They obviously have the ability to cause major damage to regional energy and network construction." "But if they do so, Iran is also very likely to lose its own (infrastructure) in a reciprocal response."

The Guardian reported that Iranian media quoted Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), as saying that if the conflict resumes, Iran will develop a broader response plan, and cables, data centers and artificial intelligence facilities may be targets. He emphasized that when Iran's economic lifeline is attacked, the economic backbone behind these attacks will not be spared.