In a rapidly escalating and dramatic development, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officially announced the launch of Operation “True Promise 4”, deploying waves of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Grave reports soon followed, indicating that the strategic American FB 132 radar system in Qatar had been taken out of service, effectively paralysing much of the regional early warning architecture and reducing Israeli defence response time to mere minutes before impact.
As air raid sirens echoed across the occupied entity, reports confirmed that Iran had, for the first time, deployed its Fattah hypersonic missiles alongside Sejjil and Khorramshahr 4 systems equipped with multiple warheads. The barrage was described as an “aerial saturation” assault aimed at exhausting missile defence systems and targeting critical infrastructure linked to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, as well as military bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Simultaneously, Tehran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, transmitting direct radio warnings to vessels prohibiting any passage through the strategic waterway.
These intensified strikes come amid intelligence ambiguity surrounding the status of Iran’s senior leadership following an alleged Israeli opening strike that reportedly targeted the Supreme Leader’s complex. However, the scale, density, and precision of the retaliatory missile response suggest that Iran’s command and control systems were activated at full operational capacity.
Field sources reported unprecedented and extensive damage in the heart of Tel Aviv, at Kuwait International Airport, and at Fujairah Air Base. The developments formally place the region on the brink of a comprehensive and unforgiving regional war.
