A critically important US AN/TPY-2 radar, part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interception system, was damaged in an Iranian attack on an air base in Saudi Arabia, CNN reports, citing satellite images.
According to the channel, the radar, which is mounted on several mobile trailers at the Prince Sultan air base, has already been removed from its tent and placed outdoors. Its antenna shows signs of burn marks, and much of the equipment is missing.
According to the US Missile Defense Agency, which oversees the THAAD program, the cost of the AN/TPY-2 antenna through 2025 was $136 million.
The press service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported on March 29 that a strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base had destroyed a US E-3 aircraft, known as the Flying Radar, an airborne early warning and control system.