# [WARNING] Reports: Iranian Strikes Cripple U.S.-Linked Radars as Israel Pushes Deeper into Lebanon *Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk* **Detected**: 2026-06-13T23:20:52.364Z (42h ago) **Tags**: Iran, UnitedStates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah, AirDefense **Sources**: OSINT **Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/10360.md **Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries --- **Summary**: Fresh satellite imagery late on 13 June UTC indicates Iranian missiles and drones have destroyed key air-surveillance radars and fuel storage at U.S.-linked airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain, eroding the defensive screen around the Gulf’s main oil and logistics corridor. At the same time, Israel is driving ground forces further into southern Lebanon while Hezbollah answers with Iranian-made Fath-360 ballistic missiles and advanced anti-tank attacks, knitting together two fronts that directly threaten energy routes and U.S. force posture. ## Detail New high-resolution satellite imagery released around 22:40–22:43 UTC on 13 June shows that recent Iranian missile and drone strikes inflicted decisive damage on U.S.-linked military infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain. Analysts report the destruction of an ASR-1000L tactical air-surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Airbase in Kuwait, an R-327 long-range tactical surveillance radar at the Jabal Ad Dukhan base in Bahrain, and the loss of two fuel storage tanks at Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Airbase. These facilities are central nodes in the U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council basing architecture that underpins air policing, early warning, and strike operations over the northern Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. The imagery-based assessments, though not yet corroborated by official U.S. or GCC statements, carry high confidence due to visible structural damage and burn signatures consistent with precision strikes. For people on the ground in Kuwait and Bahrain, the strikes raise direct safety concerns about living and working near U.S. bases that are usually assumed to be hardened and protected. For thousands of military and civilian personnel who depend on these installations, the loss of radars and fuel capacity could mean disrupted air operations, rerouted logistics, and a higher risk that future exchanges are fought at closer range. Strategically, Iran has demonstrated that it can reach into the core of U.S. regional basing – not just symbolic outposts – and selectively blind segments of the air-defense network while constraining sortie generation via fuel infrastructure hits. This complicates U.S. contingency planning to keep Hormuz open, protect regional energy export infrastructure, and support Israel should the northern front escalate. It will likely force rapid U.S. decisions on dispersal, redundancy, and the deployment of additional missile-defense assets such as Patriot or THAAD batteries. In parallel, the conflict in Lebanon is sharpening. Around 22:08 UTC, reports indicated the Israel Defense Forces expanded ground operations into the southern Lebanese towns of Kfar Tebnit and Majdal Zoun, both north of the Yellow Line, after heavy air and artillery preparation. Hezbollah claims it is engaging these incursions with light and medium weapons, rockets, IEDs, and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), with at least two Israeli vehicles reportedly hit. Subsequent footage from Majdal Zoun appears to show a Merkava tank struck by a guided missile. Near the historic Beaufort Castle, Hezbollah-linked channels now show what analysts identify as Iranian-made Fath-360 (BM-120) short-range tactical ballistic missiles being fired at IDF positions. The introduction or expanded use of Fath-360s from Lebanese territory marks a significant uptick in Hezbollah’s long-range precision strike profile against Israel, raising the risk envelope for northern Israeli communities, critical infrastructure, and forward-deployed IDF units. For Lebanese civilians, the Israeli advance and intensified exchanges around populated areas will likely accelerate displacement, strain humanitarian corridors, and further damage already fragile local economies. Markets will interpret the combination of degraded U.S. radars in the Gulf and a widening Israel–Hezbollah ground fight as a coordinated tightening of pressure points around the Middle East’s two critical arteries: the Strait of Hormuz in the east and Eastern Mediterranean gas and shipping lanes in the west. Energy traders will price in a higher probability of miscalculation that disrupts tanker traffic or forces temporary shutdowns at export terminals. Expect upward pressure on Brent and WTI, higher implied volatility in oil options, a bid for gold and U.S. Treasuries, and outflows from Gulf and Levant equity markets. Insurers will revisit war-risk premiums on hull and cargo transiting both the Gulf and Eastern Med. Over the next 24–48 hours, watch for: (1) U.S. Pentagon statements confirming or downplaying damage at Ali Al Salem, Jabal Ad Dukhan, and Sheikh Isa, and any announcement of emergency deployments of missile defense or additional combat aircraft; (2) Iranian messaging framing these strikes as deterrent or as a prelude to broader action; (3) Israeli decisions on whether to deepen the ground thrust in southern Lebanon or target Hezbollah’s long-range missile infrastructure more aggressively; and (4) any indication of shipping route diversions, temporary port closures, or de facto airspace restrictions over Kuwait, Bahrain, or adjacent Gulf sectors. A move by Gulf producers to signal supply assurances, or by Washington to reinforce Gulf air-defense networks, will be key signals for whether this escalatory phase stabilizes or widens. **MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:** The disabling of U.S.-linked radars and fuel tanks in Kuwait and Bahrain tightens perceived risk around Hormuz and adjacent airbases, supporting a geopolitical risk premium in crude and refined products and raising questions about basing resilience for U.S. air power. The Israel–Hezbollah ground expansion and Hezbollah’s use of Fath-360 missiles increase the probability of a wider regional clash drawing in Iran directly, which would be bullish for oil, LNG shipping rates, gold, and defense equities, and negative for risk assets across EM MENA and Eastern Mediterranean tourism, aviation, and sovereign credit.