Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses
As the U.S. runs short of interceptor missiles, Iran is carrying out strikes with a mix of attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles. The post Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses appeared first on The Intercept.
As munitions streaked through the night sky, a plaintive cry like a whale song echoed in the darkness. U.S.
troops grabbed their gear and headed for shelter as the warning sirens rang out, a leaked video shows. The military personnel, clad in a mix of combat fatigues and gym attire, piled into a bunker, huddling in the darkness. “Guys, off the walls if we can,” a woman, likely a medic, advised, warning about the danger of traumatic brain injuries.
The footage, reportedly from Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, where three U.S. troops were killed during Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks on July 17 and 18, offers a glimpse of the dangers faced by U.
S. forces across the Middle East. The attacks are continued demonstrations of Iran’s ability to target U.
S. bases across the Middle East and kill U.S.
troops, despite months of claims by President Donald Trump and self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth that Iran’s military was annihilated. As this fiction has collapsed, U.S.
Central Command has refused to discuss the number and scale of the strikes. “I have nothing for you on that,” Maj. Emma Thompson, the command’s media operations chief, told The Intercept.
Iran has attacked at least nine U.S. outposts across the Middle East since July 9, according to a U.
S. official who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the press. Several of these bases suffered “significant” damage in the attacks, the source said.
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Numerous factors make the missiles difficult to defeat, the source said: They travel at hypersonic speeds, have complex navigational capabilities including methods to circumvent jamming, and some can be guided or steered. Stocks of advanced air-defense missiles, like Patriot and THAAD interce
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