Abu Dhabi / Manama / Kuwait City — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims it has “destroyed” a key U.S. THAAD radar site in the UAE, damaged a naval vessel in Gulf waters and struck targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, in what it hails as its most coordinated regional onslaught yet.

State TV in Tehran broadcast triumphant graphics showing ballistic and cruise missiles arcing toward a THAAD battery believed to be guarding critical airspace over the Emirates. IRGC spokesmen say a salvo of precision missiles “obliterated” the radar and its associated control systems, “blinding” a major pillar of U.S. missile defense architecture in the Gulf. Footage from near the reported site shows rising smoke and emergency vehicles racing through cordoned-off desert roads.

At sea, regional tracking data and eyewitness accounts point to a large explosion near a coalition naval vessel operating in international waters. Officials confirm a ship has suffered “impact damage” but refuse to disclose its flag, saying only that firefighting and damage-control operations are underway and that casualties are being assessed.

Meanwhile, loud blasts rocked the outskirts of Kuwait City and Manama, with governments in Kuwait and Bahrain admitting to “limited but serious” strikes on military and infrastructure facilities. Residents filmed shockwaves blowing out windows and air defenses firing over coastal districts.

Tehran insists the attacks are “legitimate retaliation” for US–Israeli operations, warning that more assets tied to American power projection will be targeted. Analysts say a successful hit on a THAAD radar, combined with simultaneous blows in Kuwait, Bahrain and at sea, would mark a dangerous shift: from harassing strikes to a methodical campaign aimed at peeling away the defensive shield that underpins the entire U.S. presence in the Gulf.