Above, Camp Buehring in Kuwait after it was struck by Iranian missiles<\/p>\n
Satellite imagery reveals Iran\u2019s retaliatory airstrikes inflicted significantly greater damage on US military assets across the region than acknowledged by the Trump administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the US and Israel launched their unprovoked war against Iran in late February, the country\u2019s missile and drone strikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US military sites across West Asia, the Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n Among the targets identified through satellite imagery analysis were hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft, and critical radar, communications, and air defense systems.<\/p>\n Citing US officials, the report said that Iran\u2019s air strikes rendered some of the US bases in the region too dangerous to US forces at normal levels, and commanders moved most of the personnel from these sites.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the US has pressed major satellite firms Vantor and Planet to impose restrictions on imagery of the war zone \u2014 including delaying or withholding its release \u2014 making it difficult, if not impossible, to independently assess the impact of Iran\u2019s counterstrikes.<\/p>\n The restrictions were imposed less than two weeks into the war, the report said.<\/p>\n Iranian news agencies, however, have regularly published high-resolution satellite images on social media since the start of the war.<\/p>\n For its investigation, the Post reviewed more than 100 of these images. It verified 109 of them by comparing them with lower-resolution data from the European Union\u2019s Copernicus satellite system, as well as high-resolution images from Planet when available.<\/p>\n The Post said it found no evidence that any of the Iranian images had been manipulated.<\/p>\n In total, the Post found 217 structures and 11 pieces of equipment damaged or destroyed at 15 US military sites across the region.<\/p>\n Experts who reviewed the findings said the damage suggests the US military underestimated Iran\u2019s targeting capabilities.<\/p>\n They also said the US has not fully adapted to modern drone warfare and left some bases insufficiently protected.<\/p>\n IRGC pounded 25+ US-Israeli targets in 100th wave of Operation True Promise 4https:\/\/t.co\/LldzHmTiJF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n