India, March 7 -- Iran has destroyed a key, $300-million radar system used to direct US THAAD missile defence batteries in the Gulf, putting Washington and its allies at risk of future attacks, reports said on Saturday.

Satellite photos showed an RTX Corp AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment, used by US THAAD missile defence systems, was destroyed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan in the opening days of the war, CNN reported citing commercial satellite imagery. According to a Bloomberg report, the destruction of the equipment was later confirmed by a US official.

There were two reported Iranian strikes in Jordan: one on February 28 and one on March 3. Both were reported to have been intercepted.

"If successful, an Iranian strike on ...