#Middle East
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![A motorist rides past the dummy models of Iranian missiles installed along the roadside at the Valiasr Square, in Tehran on March 22, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A motorist rides past the dummy models of Iranian missiles installed along the roadside at the Valiasr Square, in Tehran on March 22, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Three batteries of the US-made Patriot anti-missile missiles are lit up by the sunset on 25 January 1991 in the Saudi Arabian desert during the Gulf War against Iraq. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Three batteries of the US-made Patriot anti-missile missiles are lit up by the sunset on 25 January 1991 in the Saudi Arabian desert during the Gulf War against Iraq. (Source: Getty Images)")
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The oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf have built one of the most advanced air and missile defense networks on the planet—but recent combat experience suggests even this layered shield may struggle against a sustained Iranian drone and missile assault, raising urgent questions about the security of US forces and allies across the region.![A gas station operated by OAO Rosneft, Russia’s biggest oil producer, in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A gas station operated by OAO Rosneft, Russia’s biggest oil producer, in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (Source: Getty Images)")
![People clear rubble in a house in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Source: Getty Images)]( "People clear rubble in a house in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The Liberia-flagged Suezmax tanker Shenlong, carrying crude oil, among the first ships to reach India amid the Middle East crises, is seen at Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, on March 12, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The Liberia-flagged Suezmax tanker Shenlong, carrying crude oil, among the first ships to reach India amid the Middle East crises, is seen at Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, on March 12, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Dmytro Chubenko of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office examines the carbon fiber remains of a Russian-made, Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Dmytro Chubenko of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office examines the carbon fiber remains of a Russian-made, Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone. (Source: Getty Images)")
