Similar posts went viral on Facebook, Instagram, and X, alleging that the picture showed the impact of an Iranian strike at the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Iran has launched retaliatory attacks on US targets in multiple Middle East countries amid a war triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Tehran, and satellite imagery suggests a key radar system in Qatar was impacted.

New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones.

The U.S. is rushing to replace a Thaad radar in Jordan that was damaged in an Iranian-backed drone strike, according to a U.S. official. The radar is a critical component of the ground-based missile-defense system,

Satellite images suggest Iran targeted THAAD radar sites in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in an effort to weaken regional air defenses.The strikes appear focused on damaging the AN/TPY-2 radar systems that are essential for detecting incoming missiles and guiding interceptors.

Satellite photos and images are also going viral on micro-blogging website X (which was previously called Twitter) that showed the destroyed RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment that is used by the THAAD radar system.

IRGC claimed that the radar was "completely destroyed" in a precision missile strike. It was later corroborated by Qatari officials.

Video verified by The Times showed that an Iranian one-way attack drone struck a radome on Saturday in the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. The base is the United States’ primary hub for coordinating naval operations in the Middle East.

American military forces have installed a high-tech radar unit in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, a surveillance system that can monitor drug boats, as island officials say – but could also be used in a conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela.

The destruction of THAAD and long‑range radar systems in the opening days of the war highlights a dangerous new reality: static air‑defense assets are easy targets