(U.S. Gulf Force Vulnerability) as iranian ballistic missile penetrated U.S Defence systems in UAE
Defence affairs - Def-Geopolitics on X Viral satellite imagery of a massive impact crater at Al Dhafra Air Base fuels debate over whether Iran’s heavy-warhead Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile penetrated U.S. missile-defence shields protecting one of Washington’s most critical Gulf airpower hubs. Satellite imagery circulating globally since March 12, 2026 showing a large impact crater at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates has intensified strategic concern among defence analysts because the site is a core U.S. airpower hub in the Gulf and Iranian sources claim the strike involved a Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile designed to defeat modern missile-defence systems. The viral before-and-after imagery, widely shared across X, Telegram, and Instagram with Persian overlays identifying the location as housing for American military personnel, appeared during confirmed Iranian ballistic missile and drone retaliation against U.S.-linked installations across the Gulf regio...
