New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
Photos show buildings, vehicles and aircraft damaged after Iranian missile and drone attacks, and a Pentagon report says equipment losses reached $3.7 billion.
- On Tuesday, CBS News published exclusive photos revealing extensive damage to buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. military positions across the Middle East from Iranian missile and drone attacks.
- This week, the Defense Department's inspector general released a mandatory report detailing Iranian strikes against U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan.
- Images obtained from active service members show a direct hit on a Boeing E-3 Sentry at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, with one service member telling CBS News the damage "hasn't been communicated to the American public."
- While the Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment, the situation echoes the deadly March 1 attack on the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six U.S. troops.
- Deployed personnel criticized the lack of transparency, referencing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's previous remarks about "squirters" getting through base defenses, as the report confirms the loss of nearly 60 aircraft.
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Photos obtained by CBS News have confirmed the extent of massive damage to U.S. military bases in the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks. Specific damage, such as the destruction of early warning aircraft and barracks destruction, has been revealed, and discrepancies between the official report by the U.S. Department of Defense and the testimonies of soldiers on the ground are raising suspicions of downplaying and covering up the incident by …
New Photos Show Damage Caused by Iranian Missiles
“New photos reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks,” CBS News reports.
Photos show U.S. positions damaged by Iranian attacks: ‘We’re just watching them get destroyed’
CBS News reports: New photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks. The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military. “This is major damage to our bases that hasn’t been co…
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