US EditionRadar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show
Iran damaged multiple US-made missile-defense radars in Jordan, UAE, and Gulf sites, reducing regional early-warning capabilities amid ongoing conflict, with over 1,000 drones and missiles fired at the UAE.
- On March 6, satellite imagery showed an RTX AN/TPY-2 radar destroyed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, a US official confirmed while Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted regional radars.
- Data from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies show two Iranian strikes in Jordan on Feb 28 and March 3, while Gulf air and missile defence systems have been stressed by Iranian retaliatory attacks.
- A THAAD battery consists of 90 soldiers, six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors and one TPY-2 radar, costing about US$1 billion with the radar at US$300 million and each interceptor US$13 million.
- With the AN/TPY-2 out of commission, interception duties will fall onto Patriot systems that already face PAC-3 shortages, risking further strain on regional air and missile defence coverage.
- On March 6, defence contractors including Lockheed and RTX met at the White House as the Pentagon pushes to speed weapons production amid the U.S. Army's eight-battery THAAD force still below the nine-battery requirement.
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