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Iran’s ability to retaliate against Israel for Friday’s attacks largely depends on its ballistic missile force.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force has more than 100 medium-range ballistic missile launchers able to send projectiles with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers, enough to strike Israel, according to the “Military Balance 2025” report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Iran’s missile force has solid-fueled missiles and liquid-fueled ballistic missiles.

The liquid-fueled missiles carry the heavier high-explosive warheads – of 1,200 kilograms or more – compared with about 500 kilograms in the liquid-fueled missiles, according to fact sheets from the Missile Threat Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

But the advantage of solid-fueled missiles is that they can be launched almost immediately, while fueling a liquid-fueled missile can take hours.

Ballistic missiles fired from Iran can reach Israel in about 15 minutes.

Iran also has a range of drones and cruise missiles that can reach Israel, but they can take a few hours or more to reach a target at that distance, carry smaller warheads and are more vulnerable to Israeli air defenses.

Last October, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles and drones against Israel, but most were shot down by Israeli defenses and US and partner countries which helped protect Israel during the attacks.

Israel reported only minor damage from the Iranian missiles and drones that made it past the Israeli defenses.

The Iranian Air Force has 265 combat-capable aircraft, according to the “Military Balance” report. But most of those are aging, Cold War-era, US-made fighter jets that would require air-to-air refueling to reach Israel, and Iran has fewer than five refueling planes, according to the IISS publication.