The retaliatory campaign hit radar enclosures and systems in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, alongside destroying an estimated $500 million AN/TPY-2 radar located in Jordan. Strikes subsequently widened to hit fuel bunkers, communications hubs, and hangars, damaging 15 American aircraft across multiple regional sites. Kuwait experienced the brunt of the onslaught, with Ali Al Salem Air Base enduring at least 30 separate strikes that caused extensive structural destruction. While the Pentagon maintains that forces remain well protected, the systematic damage triggered a broader realignment of American military hardware away from the Gulf.
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Tehran systematically crippled early-warning radar arrays before expanding attacks to fue…: Tehran systematically crippled early-warning radar arrays before expanding attacks to fuel bunkers, aircraft, and troop living areas.
The extensive infrastructure destruction damaged 15 US military aircraft and prompted the…: The extensive infrastructure destruction damaged 15 US military aircraft and prompted the relocation of critical assets outside the Persian Gulf.
Pentagon officials continue to assert that regional American bases and troops remain adeq…: Pentagon officials continue to assert that regional American bases and troops remain adequately protected despite the widespread installation damage.
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An analysis of satellite imagery carried out by the Associated Press has found that Iran’s retaliation against US military installations across the Middle East focused first on the systems designed to detect incoming attacks, before expanding to aircraft, warehouses and troop facilities.
The strikes damaged or destroyed structures at 26 US military bases and other sites holding American equipment, with the scale of the damage prompting Washington to move aircraft, air defence systems and other assets out of the Persian Gulf, according to regional officials cited by the AP.
The analysis independently verified damage using satellite imagery from multiple providers and drew on interviews with four regional officials who were briefed on the attacks or had direct knowledge of the sites. It identified more than 115 drone and missile strikes, claimed by Iran or Iranian-backed militias, that damaged or destroyed structures at the 26 locations through August.
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