US strikes Iranian radar sites after drone launch by Iran
A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has held since 8 April, but follow-up negotiations aimed at securing a more lasting end to the conflict have, so far, failed to produce a breakthrough.
Tensions in the Gulf sharpened again as the United States military said it struck radar installations along Iran’s southern coastline, the latest confrontation to cast fresh doubt on a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war.
In a statement, US Central Command said its forces first brought down four Iranian one-way attack drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, then moved against Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in the city of Goruk and on Qeshm Island.
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“The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic”, the statement said, adding that the strikes on the radar sites were intended to “defend against further attacks”.
A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has held since 8 April, but follow-up negotiations aimed at securing a more lasting end to the conflict have, so far, failed to produce a breakthrough.
Donald Trump says Iran still retains the ability to wage war
Mr Trump said in an interview with NBC News last night that Iran still has war-fighting capacity.
“They have some missiles, they have some drones. I would say, percentage wise, maybe 21%, 22% of their missiles,” Mr Trump said.
Iran’s military said it had launched “warning missiles” at two US destroyers in the Gulf of Oman — an assertion the US military quickly rejected.
Two days earlier, Kuwait said it had intercepted 30 ballistic missiles fired in what it described as “heinous Iranian aggression”.
