Air raid sirens blared across Jordan after missiles launched from Iran were detected in Jordanian airspace, according to the country’s state news agency. A government spokesperson confirmed that Jordanian armed forces had moved to high alert, prepared to counter any threat to the kingdom’s security.
A pattern of escalation
On February 28, Jordanian forces successfully intercepted 49 aerial threats, including 13 ballistic missiles. That single engagement underscored both the scale of Iran’s provocations and the sophistication of Jordan’s defense infrastructure, which has been operating with support from US forces stationed in the region.
More recently, five missiles were intercepted targeting the Al-Azraq area, with some reports citing up to 20 missiles in a single attack wave. The Al-Azraq facility, formally known as Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, is a US military installation. Iran has explicitly named it as a target, which transforms what might otherwise be a bilateral dispute into something with far broader geopolitical implications.
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