Tehran/Internet/Hyderabad, June 10 (Maxim News) Iran launched a missile attack on an airbase housing US forces in Jordan. However, neither Jordan nor the US has made any statement about the attack so far. The Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guards said that they attacked the Muwafaq Salti air base with missiles. This airbase houses US F-35 fighter jets as well as other aircraft. It is known that a US Army Apache helicopter crashed in Hormuz on Tuesday. In the wake of that incident, the US launched attacks on Iran. With this, Iran is retaliating to repel those attacks. On Wednesday, the US military carried out airstrikes. However, Iran launched a counterattack. It is understood that the Bahraini island was also attacked. The island is home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. However, Iran claimed that it carried out retaliatory attacks on the fleet.
The US Central Command has given an update on the strikes by the US Air Force and Navy. The US said that air defenses, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites were destroyed. Iran has admitted that the attacks took place in Bandar Abbas as well as in the Qassim Islands. But it has not disclosed details of the damage. However, Iran has said that it targeted the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain. Iran has said that it attacked a place where US forces are staying in Kuwait with a drone.
A US official said an AH-64 Apache army helicopter was shot down by an Iranian drone. Trump claimed in a social media post that Iran had shot down the helicopter. However, it is not yet clear whether the helicopter was shot down intentionally or by accident. (Maxim News)
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