Iran launched a ballistic missile at a U.S. military base in Kuwait in response to limited, surgical U.S. strikes on Iranian targets.The launch was confirmed by both Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-linked accounts and U.S. Central Command, the latter of which said the missile was intercepted by Kuwaiti forces. Each party pointed fingers over who began the exchange of fire, which occurred as the war had been on the brink of either reigniting or concluding with a negotiated deal.By CENTCOM’s account, the exchange began when Iran launched five kamikaze drones that “posed a clear threat in and near the Strait of Hormuz.” U.S. forces intercepted the drones, then launched a preemptive strike against an “Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas” to prevent the launch of a sixth drone.
The ensuing Iranian ballistic missile strike marked an “egregious ceasefire violation by the Iranian regime,” CENTCOM said.
A message from Sepah News, a Guard-linked Iranian Telegram channel, portrayed the ballistic missile launch as a tit-for-tat retaliation against the “aggressive U.S. army.” It claimed the ballistic missile was targeting the origin of the U.S. strike on Bandar Abbas.
“This response is a serious warning so the enemy knows that aggression will not go unanswered and if repeated, our response will be more decisive,” the post read.
