Iran Targets High-Value US Military Assets in Region, Analyst States
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, a military affairs expert, Nidal Abu Zeid, has indicated that the targeting of a U.S. radar in Bahrain, possibly stationed in the Jebel Al Dukhan area in Al Sakhir, signifies an escalation from tactical operations to objectives of high strategic importance.
Abu Zeid elaborated that the cost of the targeted radar, if it were a tactical ‘AR-327’ type with a 450-kilometer coverage range, is estimated to be between $30 million and $40 million. However, he noted that if the radar is of a strategic type designed for long-range ballistic missile detection at a distance of 5,000 kilometers, its cost could approach $1 billion.
The analyst also linked this development to previous incidents, including the targeting of a liquefied natural gas tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and another vessel near Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. He emphasized that Tehran aims to maintain the momentum of attacks and retain the initiative to establish a new security paradigm in the Strait of Hormuz based on its demands, and to institutionalize a “strike for strike” equation in response to the Sirik attack.
The Public Relations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in Announcement No. 22, stated that the early warning radar of the invading U.S. Army on the island of Bahrain was targeted and destroyed.
