U.S. Strikes Iran for Second Day, Air Defenses in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan Engage Iranian Missiles and Drones
The command identified the targets as military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran.
MIDDLE EAST — U.S. forces struck targets inside Iran for a second consecutive day on Wednesday while air defenses in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan engaged Iranian missiles and drones in attacks that ran from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) began launching the latest round of strikes, which it says were carried out in self defense, at 5:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday against Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites, and attributed the strikes to Iran’s “unwarranted and continued aggression.”
Late Tuesday night, CENTCOM disabled the Palau-flagged tanker M/T Settebello in the Gulf of Oman, the eighth vessel disabled since the naval blockade of Iranian ports began on April 13.
Kuwait’s Defense Ministry reported its air defenses engaged “hostile aerial targets” at dawn, Bahrain’s defense force stated it intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian missile and drone attacks, and Jordan’s armed forces cited they downed five missiles launched from Iran toward the Azraq area on Tuesday evening.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tied the military pressure to a stalled nuclear agreement, and both cited oil transit volumes of about 100 million barrels moved through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. protection.
Strikes on Iranian Surveillance, Communications, and Air Defense Sites
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