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Add as a preferred source on GoogleCENTCOM said both aircraft were one-way attack drones launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with no injuries or damage reported.
CENTCOM denied the IRGC’s claim that it destroyed a U.S. radar in Bahrain and said U.S. forces shot down two drones bound for Bahrain.
The command said both aircraft were one-way attack drones launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and it reported no injuries or damage. The IRGC’s Nov. 13 statement said a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain had been destroyed.
EconoTimes previously reported the IRGC’s radar claim and CENTCOM’s account of the drone interceptions.
CENTCOM said the IRGC launched two drones toward Bahrain and U.S. forces shot both down, with no injuries or damage reported.
Anadolu characterized CENTCOM’s response to KAN’s account as dismissing it as speculation; KAN also reported on refueling aircraft and carrier deployments.
CENTCOM named no interdiction operation or border closure. Gulf News reported no public confirmation by Nov. 12 that Iranian land-route cargo had been seized or intercepted or that a route had been physically closed.
