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New Analysis Says Iranian Strikes Caused $800 Million in Damage to U.S. Bases in Two Weeks

The study points to concentrated hits on costly air‑defence and communications nodes that have strained U.S. defenses.

Overview

  • An estimate by CSIS, reported by the BBC, puts damage to U.S.-used bases in the Middle East at about $800 million during the war’s first two weeks.
  • A THAAD AN/TPY-2 radar at a U.S. base in Jordan suffered heavy damage, with the radar alone valued at roughly $485 million.
  • CSIS calculates about $310 million in additional destruction to buildings, facilities and other base infrastructure across the region.
  • BBC‑verified satellite imagery shows repeated strikes with fresh damage at Ali Al‑Salim in Kuwait, Al‑Udeid in Qatar and Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia.
  • The U.S. has redeployed THAAD components from South Korea and requested $200 billion in supplemental war funding, with reporting also citing 13 U.S. service members killed and an external estimate of roughly 3,200 total deaths.