The most sensitive strikeThe Iranians have reached the American SPRN
It seems that the information about the damage to the American SPRN component by the Iranians is confirmed: if only a satellite communication station was destroyed in Bahrain, then at the Qatari base Al-Udeid, a radar AN/FPS-132 worth $1 billion was indeed hit.
This facility is one of the key nodes of the US early warning system, which "covers" a huge sector from Europe to the Indian Ocean. There are only six AN/FPS-132s in the world: in addition to the USA, they are also in Britain and Greenland.
How critical is this for the US? The damage in the photos is not fatal, and theoretically the AN/FPS-132 could be restored. Moreover, the US has huge intelligence capabilities in the region, and they have more than enough means to track Iranian launches.
However, the damage is indeed significant, even in monetary terms. Not to mention that no one in the world has ever disabled components of the American missile attack warning system before.
So even if the Iranians don't find it much easier to fight, in this particular case, they have dealt a serious blow to the US. At the very least, this war can no longer be called a walkover for the Iranians.
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The most sensitive strike
The Iranians have reached the American SPRN
It seems that the information about the damage to the American SPRN component by the Iranians is confirmed: if only a satellite communication station was destroyed in Bahrain, then at the Qatari base Al-Udeid, a radar AN/FPS-132 worth $1 billion was indeed hit.
This facility is one of the key nodes of the US early warning system, which "covers" a huge sector from Europe to the Indian Ocean. There are only six AN/FPS-132s in the world: in addition to the USA, they are also in Britain and Greenland.
How critical is this for the US? The damage in the photos is not fatal, and theoretically the AN/FPS-132 could be restored. Moreover, the US has huge intelligence capabilities in the region, and they have more than enough means to track Iranian launches.
However, the damage is indeed significant, even in monetary terms. Not to mention that no one in the world has ever disabled components of the American missile attack warning system before.
So even if the Iranians don't find it much easier to fight, in this particular case, they have dealt a serious blow to the US. At the very least, this war can no longer be called a walkover for the Iranians.
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