Iranian Missile Debris Intercepted Over Kuwait, Injuring Five at US Air Base
Falling debris from a Kuwaiti-intercepted Fateh-110 missile struck Ali Al Salem Air Base earlier this week, injuring five U.S. personnel and damaging three MQ-9 Reaper drones.
middleeasteye.netU.S. personnel and damaging three MQ-9 Reaper drones. Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted the missile, but falling debris still reached the base.
The five injured personnel, a mix of service members and contractors, suffered minor injuries. Washington Examiner reported that the missile was a Fateh-110 ballistic missile. One MQ-9 Reaper was destroyed and two others were damaged.
The incident occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz. S. military, all five drones were intercepted, while a sixth drone launched from a ground-control site in Bandar Abbas was also stopped.
US officials said American forces shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city in southern Iran. The US military described its actions as measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire. The IRGC said it had targeted a US air base in the region following fresh American strikes on southern Iran.
The IRGC said its attack targeted the source of earlier US operations against Iran. US Central Command described the Iranian strike on Kuwait as an egregious ceasefire violation. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqai condemned the US strikes, calling them a breach of the ceasefire.
He said Iran would take all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty. Kuwait's foreign ministry condemned what it called criminal Iranian attacks that targeted its territory. Kuwait confirmed it had intercepted what it described as hostile missile and drone threats, but did not identify the intended target.
A meeting in the White House Situation Room ended without any public announcement. President Donald Trump had earlier said he was prepared to make a final determination on a preliminary agreement. The fragile US-Iran ceasefire has been in place since April.
The conflict between Washington and Tehran enters its fourth month.
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- Washington Examiner reported: The Iranian missile was a Fateh-110 ballistic missile.
- @sentdefender reported: The injured U.S. personnel suffered minor injuries.
- @sentdefender reported: The injured personnel included a mix of U.S. service members and contractors.
- @spectatorindex reported: The incident occurred earlier this week.
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