New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has personal that they destroyed US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system deployed in the Middle East, equal to reports.
What did Iran say?
According to IRGC statement, Iranian forces carried out precision missile strikes targeting the radar unit of the American anti-missile system stationed at a military facility in the region. Tehran said the strike successfully destroyed the radar that helps the THAAD system track incoming missiles.
IRGC moreover personal that it has eliminated a second THAAD battery, the world’s most expensive air defense system, in West Asia.
Earlier, Iran personal to have destroyed the AN/TPY-2 radar component of the THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) System deployed at Al-Ruwais Industrial City in the United Arab Emirates.
While there has been no confirmation, open-source intelligence reports suggest a hit. The destroyed radar component is unscientific to be worth US$500 million.
This is in wing to the US$1.1 billion early warning radar in Qatar, which was hit by an Iranian missile on the first day of the mismatch on February 28.
The AN/FPS-132 phased variety radar at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile. It was built by the US in 2013.
Why is the THAAD system important?
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is one of the United States’ most wide missile defence platforms. It is designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight using a "hit-to-kill" technology rather than explosives.
Is it part of a wider regional escalation?
The minutiae comes tween growing escalation between Iran, the US, and their allies wideness the Middle East. Iran has launched multiple missile and drone strikes on US-linked military targets in recent days pursuit joint attacks by US and Israel on Iranian territory.
