MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. Israel and Iran have continued to exchange long-range missile attacks, each saying they demolished strategically important enemy targets and used cutting-edge weapons and interception systems.
US President Donald Trump said he expects the destruction of Iran's nuclear program without Washington's involvement.
TASS has compiled the main facts about the development of the conflict in the Middle East.
- According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the goal of the attacks on Iran is "to destroy the nuclear program, strip [Iran] of the ability to produce ballistic missiles and eliminate Iran's axis of terror."
- Israel used the Iron Ray laser air defense system to intercept Iranian missiles and drones for the first time in combat conditions, a representative of the Israeli embassy in Moscow told TASS. It is designed to intercept ultra-short-range missiles, as well as mortar and artillery shells with a laser beam. It is assumed that the system can destroy ultra-short-range missiles, mortar and artillery shells, as well as small drones.
