U.S. President Donald Trump laid out a host of objectives in the war with Iran, from destroying Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities to ensuring Tehran can never have a nuclear weapon. More than three months later, with a preliminary peace deal in place, what has Trump achieved?

Missiles and Drones

Before the war, Iran held the largest ballistic stockpile in the Middle East, with between 2,500 and 6,000 missiles of different types. Roughly one month into the war, U.S. sources told Reuters that one-third of that arsenal was destroyed, with another third likely damaged, destroyed or buried.

Conventional Military

The U.S. military says it has degraded Iran’s conventional military ability to project power in the region or threaten U.S. operations. U.S. Admiral Brad Cooper told Congress that the U.S. military had destroyed 161 Iranian naval ships and knocked out 82% of its air defense systems.

Nuclear Program

Trump has repeatedly said that his main goal is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Tehran has consistently said it has no intention of building a bomb and its program is for peaceful purposes. But the war has not significantly changed Iran’s nuclear capability.

Iranian Proxies

Trump said on March 2 at the White House that Tehran cannot be allowed to continue to arm and fund the armed proxy groups in Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen that Iran has relied on for decades to project power and harass enemies. Iran has shown no willingness to halt its support for those groups since the start of the war.

Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.