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Satellite images released by Iranian media have revealed that a radar in Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait was hit on June 11 during a large-scale attack carried out by Iran in response to earlier American strikes.
Ali Al Salem is considered one of the key airlift and logistics gateways for the U.S. military in the Middle East, hosting the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. The air base is located in central Kuwait, roughly 15 kilometers west of the city of Al Jahra and approximately 37 kilometers from the border with Iraq.
On the day of the attack, Iranian media reported that “eighteen important targets belonging to the U.S. Army bases of Ali and Ahmad Ahmad Air Force” were hit, without deliberating.
Iranian media identified the radar struck at Ali Al Salem Air Base as an ASR-1000, an L band tactical air surveillance radar made by Chile’s Linktronic Radar Systems. The radar — officially known as the ASR-1000L — has a range of up to 148 kilometers.
It is unclear, however, if the radar was identified currently, as there is no information about the ASR-1000L being exported to Kuwait or the U.S.
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Adding to the confusion, in other satellite images showing the aftermath of a strike on Bahrain from the same attack on June 11, Iranian media identified a radar hit atop Jabal al-Dukhan as an American-made AN/TPS-59, while it was actually an AR-327 made by the United Kingdom’s BAE System.
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In any case, the last Iranian attack clearly degraded U.S. early warning and missile defenses capabilities in the Persian Gulf in general, and proved that the Islamic Republic is still capable of carrying out effective precision strikes with missiles and drones.
It is very possible that the success of the attack pushed the U.S. to go after a peace deal with Iran after escalating for weeks.
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