An Iranian ballistic missile strike has targeted a major US military hub in Kuwait on Saturday, May 30, wounding multiple personnel and destroying high-value aviation assets, Bloomberg reported.
According to intelligence and military sources, Iran deployed a Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile targeting the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. The Fateh-110 is a solid-fuel missile capable of carrying a high-explosive warhead weighing approximately 500 kilograms.
Kuwaiti air defense batteries successfully engaged and intercepted the incoming projectile before it could impact its primary target. However, the mid-air detonation caused heavy, mangled fragments of the missile to rain directly down onto the perimeter of the military facility.
The falling debris wounded approximately five people, including both active-duty US military personnel and private civilian contractors working for the US armed forces. All victims reportedly sustained minor injuries and are receiving medical treatment.
While personnel casualties were limited, the terminal debris field caused severe, high-cost material destruction to the base’s flight line. One multi-mission unmanned strike and reconnaissance MQ-9 Reaper aircraft was caught in the immediate blast radius of the falling wreckage and completely obliterated. Simultaneously, a second Reaper drone parked nearby sustained severe structural and electronic damage from the resulting shrapnel.
