Iran, Radar and Jordan
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New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones.
Satellite photos and images are also going viral on micro-blogging website X (which was previously called Twitter) that showed the destroyed RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment that is used by the THAAD radar system.
Damaging the radar does not make the THAAD system completely inoperable, experts say, as there are other assets and configurations, but it certainly degrades its capability and flexibility. New
The AN/TPY-2 radar, used in THAAD systems, was targeted in two Iranian strikes in Jordan. While the loss is significant, experts note the US has other radar systems to continue defence operations.
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