India, June 26 -- A detailed review of satellite imagery and military intelligence reveals that recent Iranian missile and drone strikes inflicted far more severe damage on a critical US Navy installation in the Middle East than the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged, sparking an urgent strategic reassessment within the American defence establishment.
An exclusive investigation published by The Wall Street Journal reveals that Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, the nerve centre for American naval operations in the Middle East and home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, was repeatedly penetrated by Iranian ordnance between late February and June 2026.
While the Pentagon originally downplayed the severity of the strikes, an analysis of commer...