US Sh0ots Down Two Iranian Drones Heading For Bahrain
US Shoots Down Two Iranian Drones Heading For Bahrain
The United States military has said it shot down two Iranian attack drones heading towards Bahrain, rejecting claims by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that they had struck an American early-warning radar installation in the Gulf country.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) disclosed this in a statement posted on X on Friday, saying the drones were launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“The IRGC launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain and both were shot down by US forces,” CENTCOM said.
The command added that there were no injuries or damage from the attempted attack.
Earlier on Friday, the IRGC claimed its forces had targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar system on the island of Bahrain.
The Iranian military said the alleged strike was carried out in retaliation for what it described as an American air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province.
The Guards described the operation as a warning to the United States to stop what they called aerial provocations and activities in the Strait of Hormuz.
Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which oversees American naval operations across the Gulf and surrounding waters.
The latest claims come amid a fragile lull in the conflict between the United States and Iran, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and has since spread across the region.
