Iran says it destroyed US military radar in Bahrain in retaliatory strike

First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications tower

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain – its first direct attack on US military installations for months – in response to a US airstrike on a communications tower in Sirik overlooking the strait of Hormuz.

“This is a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to end its aerial mischief and oil smuggling in the strait of Hormuz,” the IRGC said. “In the event of repeated violations and aggression, the IRGC aerospace force is on full alert to confront the enemy without constraint.”