“U.S. warplanes responded swiftly by destroying Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two lopsided attack drones, which posed a clear threat to ships transiting territorial waters,” CENTCOM said. He said it would continue to protect US assets and interests during the ongoing ceasefire.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it had targeted an air base used by the US in response to an attack on southern Iran, without specifying which base.
Air defenses in Kuwait, where a major US base is located, were blocking missile and drone attacks on Monday as sirens sounded across the country, state news agency KUNA reported, without giving further details.
The war launched by the US and Israel on February 28 killed thousands of people, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and caused global economic pain as energy prices rose due to Iran effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz.