Iranian strikes on US assets across the Middle East caused damage to living quarters and working areas, drone shelters, radar systems, and other structures, according to a visual investigation released by The New York Times on Wednesday.
The findings revealed damage to a total of nine US-linked sites over the past two weeks, suggesting an Iranian precision targeting ability despite recent military strikes against the regime.
While the US government has requested the blurring of satellite imagery in the interest of protecting American soldiers, the NYT was able to investigate the attacks through Iranian propaganda providers, who regularly publish imagery of struck US assets.
In addition, visuals were corroborated with video taken on the ground, as well as blurred imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency.
The NYT reached out to the Defense Department for comment, with a spokesperson responding that “for operational security reasons, the department declines to comment on satellite imagery.”
"Because the investigation on the incident in Jordan is active, we do not have anything to announce at this time,” the spokesperson added.
The published investigation follows an Iranian attack on Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in which four US soldiers were killed.
Several sites on Jordanian base damaged, destroyed
Satellite imagery published by the NYT showed a destroyed airfield hangar, with evidence pointing to its destruction sometime between Wednesday and Friday.
The investigation further cited Iranian satellite imagery showing damage to at least 20 structures on the base.
The NYT noted that the base had already been struck during the previous round of fighting between the US and Iran earlier this year.
A US military official told the NYT that almost a dozen US soldiers injured by Iranian attacks across the region in July were flown to a US military hospital in Germany for treatment.
Additionally, the investigation revealed damage to Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, with Iranian imagery showing damage to a radar system.
Additional damage shown in the investigation included relatively minor damage to Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base and a destroyed US military tent at Iraq's Erbil International Airport.