New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones.

Satellite photos and images are also going viral on micro-blogging website X (which was previously called Twitter) that showed the destroyed RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment that is used by the THAAD radar system.

Satellite imagery confirms damage to the US AN/FPS-132 early warning radar in Qatar after Iran’s reported precision strike under Operation True Promise 4. The $1.1-billion system formed the backbone of American missile defence in the Gulf,

Satellite images reviewed by CNN showed the AN/TPY2 radar and support equipment destroyed by Iranian strike, later confirmed by a U.S. official.

Iran has reportedly targeted key US radar and early warning systems across the Gulf, including advanced THAAD missile defense components in Jordan and Qatar, and a satellite communications hub in the UAE.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Saturday that the United States FPS-132 radar stationed at a military base in Qatar was “completely destroyed” in Iranian retaliatory strikes following the joint US-Israeli air raids on the Islamic Republic.

Satellite images from March 2, 2026, reveal multiple 13-foot craters and total destruction of the radar’s five-trailer setup at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, with charred debris scattered across the site.

Iranian media claim a US AN/FPS-132 radar in Qatar was destroyed in a missile strike, as the widening US–Israel conflict sees advanced weaponry deployed and regional air defences tested.

IRGC claimed that the radar was "completely destroyed" in a precision missile strike. It was later corroborated by Qatari officials.