Bahrain Says Its Air Defences Intercepted Iranian Drones as Interior Ministry Issues Two Threat Alerts, the First Since September
Bahrain's Defence Force General Command said on November 15 that Bahraini air defences had intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian drones heading toward Bahrain, bringing them down before they reached their targets. Bahrain's Interior Ministry had earlier issued two alerts of potential threats, urging citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location, the first such warnings since September.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its Aerospace Force had launched six drones targeting a U.S. air-defence radar at the Al Riffa helicopter base in Bahrain, presenting the operation as retaliation for hostile U.S. actions. The claim was carried by Iran's Fars news agency and Press TV. Neither the United States nor Bahrain has confirmed that the radar was hit, and there have been no reports of casualties or damage.
In its statement, the Bahrain Defence Force accused Iran of continuing a systematic hostile approach toward the kingdom and said Bahraini forces were defending the country with firm resolve and high combat readiness. An AFP reporter in Bahrain heard explosions at about 4:00 a.m. and again at about 6:30 a.m. local time.
It was the second such incident in three days. On November 13, the Revolutionary Guards claimed to have destroyed a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain; U.S. Central Command said American forces had shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones launched toward Bahrain, with no injuries or damage, and called the radar claim false. Bahrain's capital, Manama, hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.
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(Source: Bahrain Defence Force)
Source: Bahrain Defence Force
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Photo: 图：美军防空系统在演习中以「毒刺」导弹击毁一架无人机靶机（资料图，非本次事件现场）。美国陆军照片，Maj. Ian Sandall 摄，美国军方 DVIDS 官方发布，公共领域（经维基共享资源）。/ Photo: A U.S. air-defence system destroys a target drone with a Stinger missile during an exercise (file photo, not this incident). U.S. Army photo by Maj. Ian Sandall, DVIDS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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