{"id":49152,"date":"2026-04-25T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49152"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:05:17","slug":"iran-inflicted-extensive-damage-to-us-bases-than-previously-disclosed-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49152","title":{"rendered":"Iran inflicted \u2018extensive\u2019 damage to US bases than previously disclosed: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran has inflicted more \u201cextensive\u201d damage to United States bases and equipment in the Middle East since the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the damages from Iran\u2019s retaliatory strikes against US military bases in seven Middle Eastern countries were \u201cfar worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: US-Iran peace process hits snag as Trump cancels trip of envoys, FM Araghchi leaves Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Iran has hit dozens of targets, including warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>It added\u00a0that Iran used missiles, drones\u00a0and even F-5 fighter jets to target US bases in the region,\u00a0despite previous claims by US authorities that the Iranian air force had failed to use fighter jets against American targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has not detailed the extent of the damage to US military bases publicly, according to the report, with US Central Command declining to comment on battle damage assessments.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, some Republican lawmakers privately expressed their dissatisfaction with senior Pentagon officials for refusing to provide information on the extent of the damage or a cost estimate for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one knows anything. And it\u2019s not for lack of asking,\u201d one congressional aide was quoted by NBC News as saying. \u201cWe have been asking for weeks and not getting specifics, even as the Pentagon is asking for a record high budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report mentioned that the damage to and cost of repairing the bases could reignite a debate over the merits of maintaining US bases in such close proximity to an adversary like Iran.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has inflicted more \u201cextensive\u201d damage to United States bases and equipment in the Middle East since the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources. The report said that the damages from Iran\u2019s retaliatory strikes against US military bases in seven Middle Eastern countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}