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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,983 posts)
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:34 PM 19 hrs ago

Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show

Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media and verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1440&impolicy=high_res
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/

Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported.

The threat of air attacks rendered some of the U.S. bases in the region too dangerous to staff at normal levels, and commanders moved most of the personnel from these sites out of the range of Iranian fire at the start of the war, officials have said.
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...Satellite imagery of the Middle East is unusually difficult to acquire at present. Two of the largest commercial providers, Vantor and Planet, have complied with requests from the U.S. government — their biggest customer — to limit, delay or indefinitely withhold the publication of imagery of the region while the war is ongoing, making it difficult or impossible to assess Iran’s counterstrikes. Those restrictions began less than two weeks into the war. Vantor said its access-control decisions were made independently and were not mandated by the government.

Iranian state-affiliated news agencies, however, have from the start regularly published high-resolution satellite imagery on their social media accounts that claimed to document damage to U.S. sites.

For this examination — one of the first comprehensive public accounts of the damage to U.S. facilities in the region — The Post reviewed more than 100 high-resolution Iranian-released satellite images. The Post verified the authenticity of 109 of those images by comparing them with lower-resolution imagery from the European Union’s satellite system, Copernicus, as well as high-resolution images from Planet where available. The Post excluded 19 Iranian images from the damage analysis because comparisons with the Copernicus imagery were inconclusive. No Iranian imagery was found to have been manipulated.

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....But the review by The Post — based on images dating from the war’s start through April 14 — reveals that scores of additional targets were struck at the sites, which are predominantly used by the U.S. military but shared with the host nations’ military forces and allies.

The images show that airstrikes damaged or destroyed what appear to be numerous barracks, hangars or warehouses at more than half of the U.S. bases that The Post reviewed.
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Iran destroyed a good number of US bases in the region. trump and Hegseth are trying to hide the amount of damage. The costs estimates for this "war" do not include repairing or replacing these damaged facilities.
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Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago OP
MaddowBlog-As evidence contradicts the White House's line on Iran, Trump targets free press LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #1
Bibi enid602 18 hrs ago #2
Netanyahu's played Trump's vanity life a fiddle. PufPuf23 18 hrs ago #3
I suspect the number of US Military wounded and dead, is higher Ars Longa 18 hrs ago #4
I also believe that Hegseth and turmp are lying about the US dead and wounded LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #5
Is Whisky Pete lying to us ? republianmushroom 17 hrs ago #6
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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,983 posts)
1. MaddowBlog-As evidence contradicts the White House's line on Iran, Trump targets free press
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:02 PM
18 hrs ago

The president seems less upset about the developments in Iran than he does about Americans knowing about the developments in Iran.

As evidence contradicts the White House’s line on Iran, Trump targets free press www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T19:49:26.039Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/as-evidence-contradicts-the-white-houses-line-on-iran-trump-targets-free-press

There is reason to believe the president and his team have not just mismanaged an unnecessary war, they have also taken deliberate steps to deceive the public about its progress. MS NOW reported:

Classified U.S. intelligence assessments of Iran’s military capacity revealed a reality at odds with the Trump administration’s public claims that Iran’s missile stockpile has been decimated, showing the regime has regained access to key missile sites and launchers after more than two months of war.

The recent intelligence reports found Iran has restored access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it controls along the Strait of Hormuz, which could be used to target American warships and oil tankers transiting the strategic waterway, a U.S. official with knowledge of the intelligence assessments told MS NOW.


This dovetailed with a related New York Times report that said Iran “still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile.”....

Two weeks ago, for example, Trump said the Times’ coverage of Iran was “actually seditious, in my opinion.” This week, he kept going, saying via his social media platform that news organizations have committed “virtual TREASON,” adding, “They are aiding and abetting the enemy!”

The argument is tough to follow — the Iranian government is aware of its own military capabilities, whether American news organizations report on its resources or not, so it’s far from clear how Iranian officials are “aided” by the disclosures — though it’s important to emphasize that this is not just an instance of Trump railing against the nation’s free press for the umpteenth time.

On the contrary, the administration is also following through on the rhetoric with meaningful action. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Trump “privately complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about media leaks in the wake of the Iran war last month, according to administration officials familiar with the matter, prompting an aggressive push at the Justice Department to pursue those investigations.”

trump did not destroy Iran's military and is trying to lie. In addition, it is clear that Iran inflicted significant damage on US bases in the region.

enid602

(9,754 posts)
2. Bibi
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:08 PM
18 hrs ago

I wonder if BiBi will ever admit the damage that Israel has suffered at the hands of Iran.

Ars Longa

(575 posts)
4. I suspect the number of US Military wounded and dead, is higher
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:26 PM
18 hrs ago

than the Regime is letting on ...

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