A report cited by Al Jazeera states that several billion dollars’ worth of US military equipment has been destroyed in the ongoing Iran war. According to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), losses are estimated between 2.3 and 2.8 billion dollars. The report highlights that on March 26, a day after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed Iran had been swiftly neutralized, an Iranian missile and drone strike destroyed a $700 million E-3 AWACS radar aircraft at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base.
CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian compiled the damage assessment, which includes the loss of a THAAD missile defense radar valued between $480 million and $970 million, and three F-15 fighter jets downed in a friendly fire incident in Kuwait. Security expert Omar Ashour told Al Jazeera that the Trump administration may be concealing the full extent of losses for political reasons ahead of the November election.
The report adds that satellite imagery of US bases in the Middle East has been restricted at the Pentagon’s request, though Iranian satellite images indicate significant damage. Despite damage to Iran’s conventional forces, its missile and drone capabilities remain operational.
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