Satellite photos and images are also going viral on micro-blogging website X (which was previously called Twitter) that showed the destroyed RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment that is used by the THAAD radar system.

New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones.

Does a viral photo show the damage from an airstrike against an early warning radar system in Qatar? No, that's not true: This picture is fake and does not show the radar system in question. There

Satellite images from March 2, 2026, reveal multiple 13-foot craters and total destruction of the radar’s five-trailer setup at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, with charred debris scattered across the site.

Iran's Assault on US Radar Systems Recent reports indicate that Iran has focused its efforts on US-made radar systems associated with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in the Middle East,

With the AN/TPY-2 radar out of commission, missile interception duties will fall onto the Patriot systems, for which PAC-3 missiles are already in short supply.

IRGC claimed that the radar was "completely destroyed" in a precision missile strike. It was later corroborated by Qatari officials.

NATO defense systems were reportedly deployed to intercept an Iranian ballistic missile approaching Turkish airspace amid heightened Middle East tensions.