US-Israel Cripple Iran Missile Sites as Gulf Deploys Defenses Against Drones
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Iran’s IRGC is doubling down on aggression, striking more than 55 US-Israel associated locations in its 70th round of reprisals spanning the Gulf region outward. State broadcasters captured the fury: deafening detonations, fireballs erupting, and smoke pillars rising high.
Gulf states sprang into action, with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Israel, and peers rolling out air defense networks at dawn Saturday to thwart drone and missile incursions. This defensive buildup reflects acute anxieties over spillover effects.
Hezbollah marked a milestone, unleashing 55 attacks on IDF outposts in Lebanon and northern Israel over 24 hours—the most in its history against the Jewish state. Israel countered by surging its air campaign throughout Lebanon.
Breaking news from CNN’s satellite forensics lays bare the devastation wrought on Iran’s subterranean missile empire by US and Israeli warplanes. Analysis of 32 bases, largely mountain-embedded, pinpointed strikes on tunnel mouths, surface installations, and roadways. Fully 77% of 107 tunnel entries were bombed, alongside at least 15 wrecked launchers.
Specialists interpret this as a deliberate bid to bury Iran’s reload-and-fire missile depots aimed at US forces and Middle East partners. Launch activity from Iran has cratered by more than 90% amid the fighting. Experts, however, flag enduring risks to strategic targets such as Hormuz Strait shipping.
The powder keg Middle East simmers hotter than ever. As superpowers clash through proxies, the global economy braces for shocks from disrupted energy routes, while peace prospects fade into the horizon.
