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Will the U.S. bases in the Middle East ever be rebuilt?
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2:11Now PlayingIran damaged 228 U.S. military structures — far more than officially acknowledged as Gulf Arab countries question benefits of U.S. support ⤵️
🔸A Washington Post analysis of more than 100 Iranian-released satellite images, verified against European Union satellite data found that Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures and pieces of equipment across 15 U.S. military sites in the Middle East since February 28 — significantly more than publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government.
🔸More than half of the damage reviewed by The Post occurred at the 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and the three bases in Kuwait. It also reports Bahrain and Kuwait were “two of the hardest hit, possibly because they permitted attacks from their territory, including the use of HIMARS.”
🔸Targets included hangars, barracks, fuel depots, Patriot missile defense systems, radar and communications equipment, and a satellite dish at the U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The 5th Fleet headquarters has since relocated to Tampa, Florida.
🔸“The Iranian attacks were precise. There are no random craters indicating misses,” retired Marine colonel Mark Cancian told the Post.
🔸Experts said the U.S. underestimated Iran’s targeting capabilities and failed to adapt to modern drone warfare, burning through 53% of its THAAD interceptors and 43% of its Patriot interceptors.
🔸 “No Iranian imagery was found to have been manipulated,” the Post said.
🔸The outlet noted its review “represents only a partial count of the damage,” as two major commercial satellite providers, Vantor and Planet, complied with U.S. government requests to limit or withhold imagery of the region since early in the war.
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