Published: · Region: Jordan · Category: Forecast

Iranian Missile and Drone Retaliation on US Gulf Bases Expected After US Night Strikes

Theater: Jordan
Time horizon: 24h
Published: 2026-06-11
Moderate confidence (75%)
Risk direction: escalatory · Impact: HIGH

Executive summary

Following any substantial US strikes tonight, Iran is likely to respond within hours with additional ballistic missiles and armed drones targeting US installations and logistics hubs in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, potentially accompanied by harassment fires near US naval vessels. Civilian areas near these bases will face elevated risk of stray impacts, shrapnel damage, and air-defense debris, as already seen in Bahrain. A rapid tit-for-tat cycle will test Patriot and regional air-defense capacity and strain host-nation tolerance for further US operations. Confirmation would be new IRGC announcements of missile barrages, radar tracks of launches from Iran, and intercepts or impacts near known bases; denial would require both a muted US…

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