Has there been massive destruction of US military bases by Iran?

[LymphocyteLover]

This is huge if true but might explain why we've heard so little detailed news of what is happening with this war.

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Israeli journalist, Alon Mizrahi:
"We are witnessing history. Iran is, to the surprise of everyone, fucking up US bases so thoroughly and extensively and so decisively that the world isn’t ready to see it."
"In 4 days, Iran has managed to expand its scope of military domination in the region. Iran has destroyed the most precious, most expensive military bases, assets and equipment in the whole world.

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American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait and Qatar and Saudi Arabia are some of the biggest military installations in the entire world. These are assets that took trillions to build over the course of several decades. We’re talking a major chunk of military expenditure for over 30 years, going up in smoke.
We are seeing radars costing hundreds of millions of dollars a piece being destroyed in an instant. We are seeing entire military bases being abandoned and burned, decimated and destroyed

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And I’m telling you from my knowledge, the US has never suffered such devastation in its entire history, except maybe Pearl Harbor but that was one attack.No enemy in a normal war has done to the US military what the Iranians are doing to the US military right now. This defies belief. The military situation is so bad that censorship blocks practically every piece of new information about this war. If you’ve noticed we’re being exposed to less and less every day.

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Thirty-five years ago during the first Iraq war, we were being shown endless footage from Iraq. The smart bombs and the cameras were a novelty back then, but every night we were being shown night footage. Now we are seeing almost no video.
Understand this! This is supposedly the worlds biggest military power having the worlds biggest air capabilities and for 4 days when the US is on the offensive, supposedly and is supposed to be breaking through Iranian defenses we are seeing NO signs

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of American domination over Iranian skies. Where is all the footage of our planes flying over Tehran or any part of Iran for that matter?
American soldiers can not even dream of setting foot in Iran. And to understand how desperate this war is, that on the 4th day you’re already hearing the craziest suggestions and ideas from the Trump administration. They are suggesting to send military escorts for oil carrying vessels coming out of the Persian gulf. What are you even talking about?!

[BannonsLiver]

1. Trump is in a panic.

They thought it would be a smash-and-grab job. It didn't go down that way, now there's no end in sight.

[LymphocyteLover]

9. certainly Dem Senators seemed very worried from the briefing they had a couple days ago

[BannonsLiver]

12. Probably because they fear he's going to deploy ground troops.

I know I do. He’s already gone from no way to if necessary. I find that when he starts floating things they have a way of actually happening down the road.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. that was what they said but I wonder if they were worried about the overall situation just as much

[City Lights]

16. Just like his bro, Pootie thought they would be in and out of Ukraine.

Rapist is completely incompetent. Ditto for the clowns working under him.

I hang my head in shame.

[yardwork]

33. Trump isn't panicked at all. He's a two year old.

Bored of one toy, he's turned to Cuba as his next toy.

WE should be panicking.

[BannonsLiver]

34. Respectfully disagree.

[yardwork]

35. I hope you're right. I want him to suffer.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Truth is the first casualty of war

you don't know what to believe. Or what foreign sources say.

[Attilatheblond]

3. Arrogant and delusional Trump, Hegseth, and others thought Iran was a pip squeak nation living in dark ages

Guessin Lil Marco, possibly the only one semi-reality based, is beating his head against a wall somewhere.

Shall we start a game of Guess What Bonus Putin is Paying Trump?

[sarisataka]

4. People will believe what they want to believe

considerations such as evidence and truth are secondary.

[Captain Zero]

51. Watch Alastair Crooke on Hedges Podcast on

YOUTUBE

HE indicates bases and various radar arrays are decimated. Tel Aviv is a disaster he says. We may be blinded.

He is former MI6.

[GreatGazoo]

5. No. "Truth is the first casualty of war" - Aeyschelus

Anything written with that much hyperbole and emotion is extra suspect. In general we are in the phase of the war where each side says 'We are winning and taking no casualties.' Best to ignore what is said and look at what we know for sure.

Despite 7 days of bombing Iran is still able to launch missiles and drone capable of reaching Israel.

Meanwhile Israel shows no decrease in their ability to fly over Iran and bomb sites there at will with precision.

IMHO it is too early to tell who is winning.

For the play by play I follow Haaretz:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-03-06/ty-article-live/idf-announces-major-strikes-in-tehran-iran-hezbollah-fire-at-israel/0000019c-c130-d7b3-affe-f9f344940000

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Good points

[Greg_In_SF]

6. Let's see some

evidence to back up these claims. Until then....

[sarisataka]

40. LOL- Truthteller with a Russian flag?

A quick peruse of their tweets reveals pro-Russia, pro-Iran (predating the current war), conspiracy theories but mostly it is filled with antisemitic posts- for instance Jews were behind Covid

This is an embarrassment to be on DU

[Greg_In_SF]

45. LOL

Shirley you can't be serious

[Prairie Gates]

7. I think that is vastly overstating it but it also seems clear that damage to US bases is being censored

Gulf states are now arresting people who post videos of missiles landing. Before that repression started, we definitely saw missile strikes at the Bahrain HQ of the Fifth fleet and regional CENTCOM, taking out at least two pretty big radar centers. We know some of the US bases in Iraq have been hit repeatedly, with big explosions, for example, at the Harir air base in Erbil. The Kuwait strike that killed six servicemembers was a direct hit, and the bad press out of that one may be spooking DoD from releasing more information on base strikes and casualties. The amount of table pounding coming out of WH and DoD does not inspire confidence.

As a side note, I'll also say that the US internet is currently awash in trolls whose only point seems to be "We're absolutely destroying them! To say otherwise is delusional! They have no ability to fight back!" I mean, OK, great. So why the insistence? In my experience, people claiming to be that confident about something rarely need to be that insistent.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Agree

[EX500rider]

39. " but it also seems clear that damage to US bases is being censored"

Standard SOP, why give the enemy Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) on a platter?
Better they not know what got thru and what got shot down.

[ruet]

41. Lol, You Guys Kill Me.

You and your buddy WarGamer. You think Iran isn't getting satellite intel from Russia?" It isn't 1942. Come on man, up your denial game.

[EX500rider]

44. Russia only has so many recon sat's and most will be tasked with the Ukr, so I doubt Iran is getting all they want

[ruet]

48. ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russia-providing-intelligence-iran-location-us-forces-sources-say-rcna262115

WASHINGTON — Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces in the Middle East, a boost for Tehran as it launches missile and drone attacks on American bases and other targets in the region, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.

Russia’s decision to provide Iran with data from its satellites and other intelligence underscores the widening geopolitical fallout from the war and could carry potential risks for American ships, aircraft and bases in the region.

[EX500rider]

49. Yes no doubt they are

That's not the same as saying they're getting up to date footage of everything that happens since most of Russia satellites are busy with the Ukraine obviously

[RockRaven]

8. Every general and admiral who has gone along with this foolishness to save their own hide

should be made to find out that that hide-saving was only temporary.

Unfortunately I have absolutely zero expectation that such a thing will happen in the next admin. Nobody is ever held to account as they ought to be.

[AllyCat]

28. Court martials for every single one of them.

They knew this was insane and went along with it.

[milestogo]

13. If this is the case, wouldn't there be US casualties?

[womanofthehills]

32. Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war

The largest U.S. Department of Defense hospital abroad is pausing its labor and delivery services until further notice to focus on the needs of the conflict across the Middle East.
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, located near Ramstein Air Base in Germany, is temporarily referring some labor and delivery patients to other hospitals within the local community, hospital officials told Military Times on Thursday

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[maxsolomon]

14. "MOST PRECIOUS"?

"Iran has destroyed the most precious, most expensive military bases, assets and equipment in the whole world."

I guess that's translation from Hebrew but it's a weird descriptor, Alon Mizrahi, an "Ex-Israeli, anti-Zionist Arab Jew".

Maybe this is true, maybe it's not, but I'm skeptical.

[karynnj]

36. " most valued" would have a similar meaning and sound more normal

However, nothing explains how the author has information that no one else appears to have. I would be very skeptical of the information for this reason.

As someone else posted, official accounts likely minimize affects to themselves while magnifying the affects on the enemy.

The damage to us could be in how heavily our weapons, used by both us and Israel, are depleted. In addition, there seemed to be a credible report that an important radar was hit.

On the other side, clearly much has to have been destroyed in Iran by all those missiles. In addition, Israel has killed many leaders.

[LudwigPastorius]

15. I'll wait until somebody in addition to just some Substack blogger says so to believe this.

"Israeli journalist" gives him a little more cachet than he probably deserves.

[Skittles]

17. ditto

dubious sources

[Another Jackalope]

25. How about the Bloomberg report?

Not quite as breathless as the blogger, but on the same "wavelength".

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100221078318

[LudwigPastorius]

29. No doubt, that is bad.

But, nothing about "entire bases being abandoned and burned", yet.

[WarGamer]

20. 100% fiction.

[Another Jackalope]

23. Maybe not quite 100%

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100221078318

Chris Murphy reposts a Bloomberg report that the Iranians have destroyed a $300 million American radar crucial to directing missile defense batteries in the Gulf.

So maybe there is a scintilla of truth in the OP. Just sayin'.

[Another Jackalope]

24. Link to the (paywalled) Bloomberg story, headline visible

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/iran-hits-key-us-radar-deepening-gulf-missile-defense-woes

[WarGamer]

27. I'm referring to the Threads posts linked in the OP

[617Blue]

26. This dude has been posting nonsense about his fantasy scenario

Where tge populations of all our client states in the region all rise up together. Ain't happening.

[oasis]

30. Not buying it.

[LymphocyteLover]

31. I do feel like we just aren't getting any detail about what's going on and feel like they are hiding something!

I doubt they are hiding something good.

[Another Jackalope]

37. Alon Mizrahi's breathless report is gaining credibility by the hour

A $300M air defense radar destroyed
A Halliburton/KBR installation destroyed
An unconfirmed report of hundreds of American deaths at a base in Saudi Arabia

and not a peep from the WH.

[sarisataka]

43. Only among those who wish to believe fantastic claims

the destruction of a radar (even an expensive one) is not "entire military bases being abandoned and burned, decimated and destroyed"

[Another Jackalope]

47. That's why I called his report "breathless".

But the reporting that is sneaking out from under the Cone of Silence, via more reputable sources using more acceptable language, is just what I'd expect if there was a solid germ of truth in the original report, a germ that got amplified through the reporter's personal psychology. I'm not saying that this validates the language of his claims, just that it hints that there may be something factual behind them.

[Blue Full Moon]

46. Then there is this. It's a lot more than 4. Trump is lying as usual

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221069597

[LymphocyteLover]

50. Yes. I really am worried how much they are lying about.

[OC375]

53. Sounds like enemy propaganda

[Boo1]

54. Propaganda

That kind of destruction would have been reported widely. It wouldn't be able to be hidden.

[Blue Full Moon]

55. Firm pauses imagery of US bases in the Middle East

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/satellite-firm-pauses-imagery-after-revealing-irans-attacks-on-us-bases/

[LymphocyteLover]

56. Now the NYTimes has new reporting supporting this story

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases.html

Iran’s Attacks Force U.S. Troops to Work Remotely
Iran has severely damaged several American military bases in the Middle East, officials say.