2026年4月16日，华盛顿——一周前，国防部长提名人彼特·赫格塞斯称伊朗的导弹计划已“功能性摧毁”，库存耗尽且失效。周四，他承认伊朗正在“挖掘”其剩余的导弹和发射装置，但称其已不再具备获取更多导弹的能力。他表示：“你已经没有国防工业，没有能力补充进攻或防御能力。”
尽管美国和以色列发动了大规模轰炸行动，但NBC新闻报道称，截至本月初，伊朗约一半的弹道导弹发射架仍完好无损，库存中仍有数千架单向攻击无人机。伊朗埋在地下的多个导弹库未受损。虽然和平谈判停滞不前，且美国扩大了在关键的霍尔木兹海峡封锁伊朗港口的努力，但特朗普政府一直试图展示其军事实力对伊朗能力造成了毁灭性打击。然而，官员们对这种破坏的程度给出了前后矛盾的信息。
NBC新闻本周早些时候报道，美国情报报告显示，中方计划在未来几周向伊朗提供新型防空武器。特朗普周三表示，作为伊朗石油主要买家的中方已同意不向伊朗派遣武器，并对美国清理霍尔木兹海峡的努力感到“非常高兴”。然而，据知情人士透露，伊朗在2024年底还从中方获得了一颗卫星，今年伊朗利用该卫星监视美军在中东各地的军事基地，其中一些受监视的地点随后遭到了德黑兰的袭击。该人士表示，这颗卫星在3月中旬连续几天捕捉到了沙特阿拉伯苏丹王子空军基地的图像。
April 16, 2026, 1:35 PM EDTWASHINGTON — A week ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Iran’s missile program was “functionally destroyed,” with stockpiles depleted, decimated and ineffective. On Thursday, he acknowledged Iran is “digging out” its remaining missiles and launchers, but said it no longer had the capacity to get more. “You have no defense industry, no ability to replenish your offensive or defensive capabilities,” he said. Despite the massive bombing campaign by the United States and Israel, roughly half of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers were still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remained in its arsenal as of earlier this month, NBC News reported. Multiple missile stockpiles buried underground in Iran were undamaged.While peace talks stall and the U.S. expanded its efforts to block Iranian ports at the critical Strait of Hormuz, the Trump administration has been seeking to showcase that its military prowess caused devastation to Iran’s capabilities. But officials have offered conflicting messages on how bad that devastation has been.U.S. intelligence reporting suggests China was planning to provide new air defense weaponry to Iran in coming weeks, NBC News reported earlier this week.President Donald Trump said Wednesday that China, the primary buyer of Iranian oil, had agreed not to send arms to Iran, and was “very happy” with the U.S. effort to clear the Strait of Hormuz. A broad view of the Strait of Hormuz between southern Iran and Oman's Musandam Peninsula in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery processed and enhanced by Maps4media. Maps4media / Getty ImagesBut Iran also obtained a satellite from China in late 2024 that it has used to monitor U.S. military sites across the Middle East this year, according to a person with knowledge of the satellite. Some of the monitored sites were later struck by Tehran.The satellite captured images of Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia over several days in mid-March, the person said. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post March 14 that five planes at the Saudi base had been hit by Iran but had suffered little damage. There were no casualties. The Financial Times first reported on the satellite.It also captured images near an American air base in Jordan and one in Bahrain, the person said. According to Iranian state media, those bases were struck by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missiles and drones in March.The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry denied the report, according to the statement sent to Reuters.“Recently, some forces have been keen on fabricating rumors and maliciously associating them to China,” according to the statement. “China firmly opposes this kind of practice driven by ulterior motives.”Iran downed an F-15E fighter jet shortly before Trump announced a two-week pause in attacks. A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance met with Iranian officials in Islamabad but failed to reach a permanent peace deal.Trumps said talks could resume in the Pakistani ca
