Iran Claims to Have Disabled US Radar Systems in Kuwait

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it attacked and disabled several American radar systems in Kuwait as part of the latest phase of its offensive. The IRGC made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday local time, describing the strikes as the 24th wave of Operation Nasr-2 (Victory) 2. According to the statement, the attacks were carried out “as a continuation of efforts to cleanse the region of radar systems” serving American interests. The IRGC said its forces targeted “early warning radars, tactical radar complexes around Ali al-Salem Air Base, and other radar systems on Bubiyan Island, Kuwait,” adding that the strikes “rendered these radar systems inoperable.” The IRGC further asserted that “operations to punish the aggressor are ongoing.” This latest attack is part of the IRGC’s increased focus on regional radar systems that enable the United States to fend off Iranian retaliatory strikes. The Middle East has heated up again after US military forces launched a fresh series of strikes against Iran starting on 8 July. US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed the strikes were in response to Iranian actions against commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian forces subsequently retaliated by targeting US air bases in several Middle Eastern countries. On 9 July, US President Donald Trump declared that a previously agreed ceasefire with Iran was no longer in effect.