Iran fires 7 ballistic missiles toward Kuwait, Bahrain after US down drones

US ??forces intercepted multiple ​Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched ??toward the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, Central Command ‌said on Friday.

 

Iran fired ​seven ballistic ​missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain ​hours after Centcom shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward ​the Strait of Hormuz, the ‌statement said, adding that the ​attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.

 

US forces ‌subsequently ​struck Iranian coastal ‌surveillance radar sites in Goruk ‌and ??on Qeshm Island to ​defend against further maritime attacks, it said.

 

Centcom said that ​initial assessments indicate six of the missiles launched ‌by Iran were intercepted ‌and a seventh did not reach its intended target.

 

 

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