US Central Command (CENTCOM) says the IRGC's claim to have destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain is false. In a statement on X on Friday 13 November, it confirmed that Iran launched drones at Bahrain but said US forces shot them all down, Anadolu reports. The statement was also reported by CBS News and Al Jazeera.
"The IRGC launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain and both were shot down by US forces. There were no injuries or damage."
The IRGC had presented the strike as retaliation for an alleged US attack on a telecommunications tower at Sirik in southern Iran. CBS News says Iranian state media published the claim with an image said to show the damaged radar station.
The Washington Times says neither Bahrain's government nor its military has verified that any radar facility was struck. Images circulating on social media purport to show satellite pictures of a damaged radar site. They have not been verified.
The two accounts conflict, and neither has been independently checked. AP says it could not verify the radar claim. Bahrain hosts the US Navy's 5th Fleet, AP notes.