Iran Destroyed Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport — 73 Aircraft Burned, All Flights Canceled
Aircraft losses: El Al 23 wide-body jets ($6.9B—entire long-haul fleet destroyed, bankruptcy likely). United 7 Boeing 787s. Lufthansa 5 Airbus A350s. Delta 4 Boeing 777s. British Airways 3 Airbus A380s. Other foreign carriers 12 aircraft. Israeli Air Force 19 military aircraft. Total: 73 aircraft = $12-15B losses, largest single-event aircraft destruction since 9/11 (when ~300 aircraft destroyed/damaged across multiple U.S. airports). Iron Dome complete failure: 12 Khorramshahr-4 missiles launched, each deploys 10 submunitions = 120 targets. Iron Dome fired 31 interceptors, zero successful intercepts. All 12 missiles hit targets. Submunitions maneuvered unpredictably using GPS guidance, deployed at low altitude giving Iron Dome limited engagement time. 120 simultaneous targets exceeded system processing capacity.
