Iran says it targeted US radar site in Bahrain

BREAKING: Iran's IRGC says it targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar site in Bahrain, calling it retaliation for an 'enemy' air attack on a telecom tower in Iran's Hormozgan province. Bahrain hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.

Iran says it struck a US radar site in Bahrain.

The Revolutionary Guard claims its Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed an American early warning radar installation. Bahrain is not a minor target, it hosts the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. Tehran calls the strike retaliation for an air attack on a telecom tower in the port city of Sirik, in Hormozgan province on Thursday.

The IRGC statement calls it a serious warning, and says its forces stand ready to engage, in their words, without limits. Washington and Manama have said nothing so far. This is the first Iranian claim of an attack on US military assets in a Gulf country since early September, and it lands as Israeli media report the security cabinet has ordered stepped up preparations for a possible attack on Iran.

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This is Liu Yang, reporting for HIT.