As part of its retaliatory operations against US facilities and assets in the area, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has declared that it destroyed a highly advanced American radar equipment that was stationed in Qatar.
The FP132 radar system, which was the focus of the strike, had a 5,000 km range and special equipment to counter ballistic missiles, according to an IRGC statement released on Saturday.
In 2013, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency reported that the radar system was valued at around $1.1 billion.
According to the statement, the enormous missile attack “completely annihilated” the system.
The strike was a part of the Iranian military’s concerted reaction to unjustified aggression against Iran by the United States and Israel early on Saturday.
Iranian forces quickly retaliated against the unjustified strikes, using army and IRGC drones and missiles to target US military installations in at least seven neighbouring nations, including Qatar.
The biggest US airfield in the area, Al-Udeid, is located in Qatar. Iranian officials have warned that if the US or Israel attacked Iranian territory, the facility would be targeted.
Following US bombings on Iranian nuclear sites and support for Israeli aggression against Iran, Iran launched similar assaults on Al-Udeid in June.
In a separate statement, the IRGC’s public affairs office reported that Iranian attacks on Saturday had killed or wounded at least 200 military personnel.
Additionally, it stated that a number of US and Israeli missiles landed in Iraqi deserts and Persian Gulf cities after failing to reach Iranian territory.
Iran had earlier forewarned the nations of the Persian Gulf to refrain from permitting any act of aggression against the nation to take place on their territory.
In an interview with NBC on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that he had communicated with his counterparts in the Persian Gulf and clarified that the attacks were a “defensive measure” that targeted US sites in the area.
“We couldn’t just stand by and do nothing,” Iran’s foreign minister declared.
The Omani government acted as a mediator between Tehran and Washington during indirect nuclear negotiations, which coincided with the Israeli-American onslaught.
