# Iran Fires Around 20 Missiles at U.S.-Used Base in Jordan as Patriots Launch Dozens of Interceptors

*Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-09-09T16:11:09.934Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 8/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Iran launched about 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan’s Al‑Azraq air base, which is used by U.S. forces, prompting Patriot air‑defense systems to fire more than 60 interceptors, according to regional reporting and open‑source estimates.

Iran has turned the skies over Jordan into one of the more active fronts in its confrontation with the United States.

On 9 September, Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard fired around 20 ballistic missiles at the Al‑Azraq air base, a facility used by U.S. forces in Jordan, according to regional reports. Video from the country showed Patriot air‑defense batteries launching wave after wave of interceptors in response.

Open‑source military analysts estimated that more than 60 Patriot interceptors were fired during the barrage, while cautioning that some launches may have engaged debris or false targets. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard separately released imagery of missile launches toward U.S.‑used sites in Jordan, presenting them as part of a broader round of strikes on American positions there.

Jordanian authorities have not published a detailed account of casualties or damage at Al‑Azraq. The volume of interceptor fire indicates that at least some of the incoming missiles were assessed as genuine threats to the base, which hosts U.S. and partner aircraft supporting operations across the region.

For people living near the base, the attack meant a night of explosions and interceptor trails overhead and the risk of falling fragments. For personnel on the ground, it was a real‑time test of how well ballistic‑missile defenses could protect a crowded airfield.

Strategically, Iran is using such salvos to underline that U.S. facilities across the Middle East are within range when tensions spike, including after U.S. actions elsewhere in the region. For Washington, the episode highlights both the importance and the strain of maintaining high‑end defensive systems in a theater where missile and drone attacks are now recurring events.

These launches into Jordan coincide with Iranian attacks on shipping, U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers, reported Iranian missile fire at U.S.‑linked sites in the wider region, and American work on new strike capabilities aimed at deeply buried Iranian facilities.

Signals to watch include whether Iran keeps concentrating fire on Al‑Azraq or expands its target list in Jordan, how the U.S. rotates and resupplies Patriot batteries, and whether there is any visible shift in the deployment pattern of U.S. forces in the country.