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One thousand five hundred sailors were evacuated back to the US from their naval base in Bahrain after it was attacked by Iranian missiles and drones early in the war, National Public Radio (NPR) reported on 4 April.
Bahrain is the home of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, making it a central hub for projecting US naval power in West Asia.
However, the oil-rich island is located in the Persian Gulf, just over 100 miles (around 161 kilometers) from the Iranian coast, and well within range of Iranian drones and missiles.
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Video circulating on social media showed Iranian drones and missiles striking the NSA base multiple times on the first day of the war. Satellite imagery from the company Planet shows at least seven buildings in and near the base that were struck in the first week of the war.
So they immediately had to retreat after Iran started striking back and they kept it a secret for a month.
I guess that explains the dismissals.
Pretty pathetic that it takes NGOs to get the returning hogs basic necessities like toiletries.
I wonder if there are actually a lot fewer missiles left in US stockpiles than they report.
They are already reappropriating bombs that were supposed to go to Ukraine and paid for by other countries. Hard to imagine that’s not at least in part desperation.
This doesn’t seem great for business of the US MIC.could be desperation could be them not actually caring about ukraine unless the last person trump talked to was a state department career guy