infrastructure

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Another is that waves of airstrikes took out numerous senior Iranian officials and government-communication infrastructure, making it difficult for the U.S. to determine which Iranians to negotiate with and how to reach them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“It was necessary to keep critical sectors functioning…and to keep the economy from collapsing,” said Yuriy Vaskov, deputy infrastructure minister at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

"Do I want to destroy their infrastructure? No," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

OPEC+, as it’s known, “expressed concern regarding attacks on energy infrastructure, noting that restoring damaged energy assets to full capacity is both costly and takes a long time, thereby affecting overall supply availability.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Officials and lawmakers now had to balance any spending on science against other burgeoning demands—for social programs, highways, school buildings, and other physical infrastructure.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik