U.S. forces shot down two Iranian ballistic missiles Sunday that were launched at American forces in Kuwait, American officials said Monday morning. The missile attack and intercept came just days after a similar Iranian strike reportedly injured U.S. troops in Kuwait, and after American forces targeted Iranian command and control sites over the weekend. The exchange of fire has continued between U.S. and Iranian forces despite a nominal ceasefire.
No U.S. troops were injured in the Sunday attack, according to U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM. The command did not identify which U.S. installation in Kuwait had been targeted. The Kuwaiti military had announced on Sunday that its air defenses were “confronting hostile missile and drone attacks.”
The Sunday ballistic missile attack came after ABC news reported last week that several troops and contractors were injured by debris when Kuwait forces intercepted an Iranian missile attack against Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait on May 27. Bloomberg first reported that U.S. personnel had been injured in the attack.
The U.S. military also said it carried out a series of strikes on multiple Iranian radar and command and control sites over the weekend.
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American forces carried out “measured and deliberate” strikes on Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island Saturday and Sunday, CENTCOM announced on Sunday. U.S. aircraft hit Iranian air defenses and two drones, according to the military. The attacks were done in response to Iranian actions, including shooting down a MQ-1 Predator drone over international waters.
“U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters,” CENTCOM posted on X.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that its Aerospace Force launched an attack against an unnamed U.S. air base, per Iranian media, which claimed the operation was in retaliation for American forces attacking a communications tower on Sirik Island.
Even though both the United States and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement on April 7, both sides have continued to exchange fire. On May 25, American forces launched several strikes around the Persian Gulf city of Bandar Abbas, targeting launch sites. CENTCOM described the attacks as “self-defense strikes,” a euphemism the military has often used.
Two days later, U.S. forces intercepted five Iranian one-way attack drones launched near the Strait of Hormuz and “prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas, according to CENTCOM. Shortly afterward, Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait, which Kuwaiti forces shot down, the command announced.
And on May 29, a U.S. military aircraft disabled a commercial ship with a Hellfire missile to enforce the ongoing blockage of Iranian ports.
