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An US-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of #civilians & tore through homes in #US #ally #Bahrain 10 days into the #war on #Iran, acc/to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters.
Both Bahrain & the #Trump admin blamed an Iranian drone attack for the March 9 blast, which the Gulf kingdom said injured 32 people including #children, some seriously.
So, the Iranian attack on probably US military infrastructure was intercepted over a civilian area, and the resultant demolition of both drone and patriot caused the civilians-involved event.
An US-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of #civilians & tore through homes in #US #ally #Bahrain 10 days into the #war on #Iran, acc/to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters.
Both Bahrain & the #Trump admin blamed an Iranian drone attack for the March 9 blast, which the Gulf kingdom said injured 32 people including #children, some seriously.
Commenting on the day of the attack, CENTCOM said that an Iranian drone struck a residential neighborhood in #Bahrain.
In response to questions from Reuters, Bahrain on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that a Patriot missile was involved in the explosion over the #Mahazza neighborhood on #Sitraisland, offshore from the capital #Manama & also home to an #oil refinery.
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In the statement, a Bahraini government spox said the missile successfully “intercepted” an Iranian drone mid-air, saving lives.
“The damage & injuries sustained were not a result of a direct impact to the ground of either the Patriot interceptor or the Iranian drone,” the spox said.
Neither #Bahrain nor the #US has provided evidence that an Iranian drone was involved in the #Mahazza incident.
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The use of costly, advanced weaponry to defend against attacks by far cheaper drones has been a defining feature of the #war. The incident points to the risks & limitations of this strategy: The blast from the powerful Patriot, whether or not it intercepted a drone, contributed to widespread #damage & #casualties, while #Bahrain air defenses were unable to prevent strikes that night on the nearby #oil refinery, which declared force majeure hours later.
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