Some weeks after the offensive missile and drone strike of the Iranian regime on Israel, and regional countries from the Middle East in response to Israel and the US strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump announces ‘major combat operations in Iran despite the ongoing indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran in an effort to ensure that Iran did not obtained a nuclear weapon, a top American media outlet, said Iran’s retaliatory strikes against American military installations across the Middle East have inflicted extensive damage far beyond what US officials have publicly acknowledged, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars.
According to a report made by Anadolu English on Saturday, 25 April, 2026, a top American media outlet, citing multiple sources, reported that the counteroffensive of the Iranian regime launched after the US, and Israel began striking Iran on February 28 had hit dozens of high-value targets across seven countries, underscoring that damaged facilities include warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, advanced radar systems, and dozens of military aircraft.
They also painted a starkly different picture from the official narrative of limited or contained Iranian retaliation, with sources familiar with the assessments, saying that Iran’s missile and drone strikes were far more precise, and destructive than previously disclosed, overwhelming some base defenses and exploiting vulnerabilities in America’s regional force posture.
The American media outlet went further to report that some Republican lawmakers have privately expressed deep dissatisfaction with senior defense officials for refusing to provide specific information on the extent of the damage, or credible cost estimates for repairs, with one congressional aide was quoted as saying “No one knows anything. And it’s not for lack of asking. We have been asking for weeks and not getting specifics, even as the Pentagon is asking for a record high budget.”
It was gathered that the damage assessment came as the US continues to maintain a sprawling network of bases in close proximity to Iranian territory, including facilities in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq, as Iran’s strikes reportedly targeted American assets across all seven countries, demonstrating both the reach of Tehran’s missile arsenal and the vulnerability of forward-deployed US forces…..See More
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