Images published by Iranian state media and confirmed by the Washington Post newspaper showed that the damage caused by Iranian airstrikes on US military facilities was much greater than previously thought.
The message, based on analysis of satellite images, said: “Iran's airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 buildings or equipment at U.S. military facilities in the Middle East since the start of the war.”
The news said: “Hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment have been attacked (by Iran). The extent of the destruction is much greater than what has been publicly disclosed or previously reported by the US government.” evaluation was carried out.
The news said that Vantor and Planet, the two largest companies providing satellite imagery, had restricted the sharing of images of the region in line with the demands of their largest customer, the US government, and that this situation had made it difficult and in some cases impossible to assess Iran's counterattacks.
The news said that the authenticity of 109 high-resolution satellite images released by Iran was verified by comparing them with low-resolution images from the EU's Copernicus satellite system and existing high-resolution images from Planet.
“Iran attacks were accurate”
“The Iranian attacks were precise. There are no craters that indicate random misses,” said Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who analyzed the satellite images on behalf of WP. he said.
The report said Iranian attacks targeted a satellite communications facility at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Riffa and Isa Air Bases in Bahrain, as well as Patriot missile defense systems at Ali al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, a satellite antenna at the Bahrain Naval Support Activities Center, the U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters, a power plant at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, and five fuel depots at three different bases. It was stated that he had the tank in his sights.
The images show that Iran has damaged or completely destroyed many barracks, hangars or warehouses through drone attacks.
According to the US military, seven American soldiers have died and more than 400 soldiers have been injured in attacks on US bases in the region since February 28.
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