Podbit · The MeidasTouch Podcast
Iran has struck US military interests across Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and the UAE, damaging the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base and multiple command and control centers. Video evidence shows Patriot missile interceptors failing to stop Iranian strikes in Jordan.
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The battlefield picture Meiselas paints is one of full-scale regional conflict. US strikes have been costly for Iran — at least 10 killed and 15 wounded in a strike on the 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Bambor — but Iran's counterstrikes have been equally damaging [1] — Ben Meiselas "Iran has struck US military interests across Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and the UAE, damaging the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base and multi…" 05:44 . Iranian forces have hit the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain, a logistics center at Kuwait's Mina Abdullah Port, the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, a base in Jordan where Patriot interceptors visibly failed to intercept incoming missiles, and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Footage and satellite imagery of these strikes are shown. The IRGC then issued a formal statement: the enemy must expect closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve American and allied interests — a direct reference to the Red Sea. Iran's tanker campaign has simultaneously escalated from drones to cruise missiles, with seven vessels struck in seven days and four in the past 48 hours.
Iran has struck seven tankers in seven days and four in the past 48 hours, upgrading from drones to cruise missiles that are harder to intercept. The Persian Gulf is now littered with sinking cargo ships, and the US Navy cannot protect any vessel Iran decides to target.
Iran accelerated its tanker strikes, hitting four vessels in just 48 hours, with some targeted well outside the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran escalated from drones to cruise missiles against tankers, making interception harder and strikes more lethal and damaging.
Iran has struck US interests across Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, the UAE, and Qatar, including the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base and Al Udeid Air Base.
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