Satellite images show Iran attack damaged US comms dome in Qatari base
Weeks after the Israeli war on Iran ended, satellite images suggest an Iranian strike on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar destroyed a US communications dome.
An Iranian attack on a key US military air base in Qatar likely struck a geodesic dome housing American equipment used for secure communications, an analysis of satellite images by The Associated Press on Friday showed.
The Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base near Doha, Qatar’s capital, on June 23 was a retaliatory response to the US bombing of three nuclear sites in Tehran, which ultimately led to a ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump that ended the 12-day Israeli war on Iran.
Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC captured the geodesic dome at Al Udeid Air Base on the morning of June 23, just hours before the attack. The $15 million modernized enterprise terminal housed within it had been installed by the US Air Force’s 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which operates from the base, after being announced in 2016.
Images from June 25 onward show the dome missing, with visible damage to a nearby structure, while the remainder of the base appears largely unaffected in the satellite imagery.
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