New Delhi, March 7 -- A key US missile defence radar system worth around $300 million has reportedly been destroyed during the ongoing conflict involving Iran and the United States.

Satellite imagery cited by CNN showed that an AN/TPY-2 radar - part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) network - was destroyed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan during the opening days of the war.

The destruction of the equipment was later confirmed by a US official, Bloomberg stated. Data compiled by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies indicated two reported Iranian strikes in Jordan on February 28 and March 3, both of which were said to have been intercepted, the news outlet said.

Defence experts cited by the news outlet say that ...