Stavros
03-20-2026, 02:08 PM
One of the reasons why the US set up a string of bases in the Gulf region after 9/11 was to become part of the 'Iron Dome' system that has key radar installations that act as early warning of military -mostly missile- threats to Israel and the US.
Iran has not only attacked these radar stations in the first week of the war, it has damaged them to the extent that Israel has been penetrated by Iranian missiles now more than ever before, thus weakening its security. The damage has been documented in the link below, with the additional comments on the financial as well as military cost.
It doesn't mean Iran is winning, but it underlines the extent to which the US had no sense of Iran's capabilities and still thinks the military war is all but over. Kharg Island awaits the brave.
Israel's role in the war remains curious, because it has different objectives from the US while the involvement of Saudi Arabia, an ally of Israel against Iran, has yet to emerge into the open.
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf have been put into the position where they either seek an accommodation with Iran, or go along with the US/Israel aim to cripple Iran in every way possible.
At least 12 US, allied radar systems hit by Iran since start of war (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/at-least-12-us-allied-radar-systems-hit-by-iran-since-start-of-war/3871501#)
Iran has not only attacked these radar stations in the first week of the war, it has damaged them to the extent that Israel has been penetrated by Iranian missiles now more than ever before, thus weakening its security. The damage has been documented in the link below, with the additional comments on the financial as well as military cost.
It doesn't mean Iran is winning, but it underlines the extent to which the US had no sense of Iran's capabilities and still thinks the military war is all but over. Kharg Island awaits the brave.
Israel's role in the war remains curious, because it has different objectives from the US while the involvement of Saudi Arabia, an ally of Israel against Iran, has yet to emerge into the open.
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf have been put into the position where they either seek an accommodation with Iran, or go along with the US/Israel aim to cripple Iran in every way possible.
At least 12 US, allied radar systems hit by Iran since start of war (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/at-least-12-us-allied-radar-systems-hit-by-iran-since-start-of-war/3871501#)