A New York Times analysis reveals that the strikes conducted by Iran over the weekend and into Monday caused damage to communications and radar infrastructure at a minimum of seven US military installations across the Middle East.
Satellite imagery and verified video footage document the damage, which occurred in the vicinity of ballistic missile tracking systems, satellite dishes, and radomes—the protective domes housing radar equipment. While the classified nature of US military communications architecture prevents a definitive assessment of the full scope of the damage, the targeted locations indicate that Iran’s objective was to degrade the US military’s coordination capabilities.
Verified imagery confirms that Iranian UAVs struck a radome at the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. Satellite imagery captured the following day validates the destruction of at least one additional radome. The destroyed structures are reported to be AN/GSC-52B satellite communications terminals, which provide the US military with high-capacity, near-real-time connectivity.
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest US military installation in West Asia and the regional headquarters for US Central Command (CENTCOM)—was also targeted. Satellite imagery from the base reveals that a tent surrounded by satellite dishes was completely obliterated, and several antennas sustained heavy damage.
Satellite data indicates that at least three radomes were damaged or destroyed at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. At Ali Al Salem Air Base, six structures situated near satellite communications infrastructure sustained heavy damage, with subsequent imagery revealing the destruction of two additional buildings. At Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, smoke was observed rising from a building that was later identified as largely destroyed.
In the United Arab Emirates, damage was detected at a facility near Al Ruwais housing an AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile tracking radar system. While reports indicate that heavy damage occurred at Al Dhafra Air Base, it was noted that damage also occurred at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, in addition to previously reported facilities in Dubai, Iraq, and Kuwait; however, it was stated that the damage at these latter facilities was not directly linked to communications or radar systems.
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