US Military Says it has Defeated Iran Missile, Drone Attacks in Gulf

US Central Command also denied allegations that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hit the US Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and a separate air base in the region.

“Iran launched many ballistic missiles at its neighbors in the region, but none of them hit the intended targets,” Centcom said in a statement. he said.

“Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or disintegrated en route, while three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahraini air defense forces.”

Kuwait’s military said its air defenses prevented “hostile” missile and drone attacks.

The US military also shot down three attack planes launched by Iran “aimed at civilian mariners rightfully transiting through regional waters”, Centcom said.

Qeshm Island is located in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the main shipping channel for Gulf oil and gas that has been effectively closed by Tehran since the start of war with the United States and Israel in late February.

The strikes targeted an “Iranian military ground control station” on the island, Centcom said, adding that no US personnel were injured.

In a statement made by the official IRNA news agency, the Revolutionary Guard claimed that they hit US military facilities in response to the attack on Qeshm Island.

“FALSE,” Centcom said in a post on X. “All Iranian attacks on American forces have failed.”

A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been in effect since April 8, but subsequent talks to bring a more permanent end to the conflict have so far failed.

Israel’s expanding campaign in Lebanon risks ending the US-Iran ceasefire, Tehran said on Monday.

Previously, US forces disabled a ship by firing a missile at it, which was trying to sail towards the Iranian port by violating the American blockade.

Washington has now forcibly stopped six ships it said were trying to violate the blockade, which has been in place since April 13.